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"SANITAS" 

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Liquids,  Powder,  Soaps,  Veterinary 
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THE   BEST  DISINFECTANT. 


Uold  Medal,  Osteud,  1888. 
Oold  Medal,  Antwerp,  1886.    Gold 
Medal,  International  Exhibition,  Paris, 
1885.    First-Class  Certificate  and  Gold  Medal 
Calcntta  International  Exhibition,  1883-84.    Medal 
International  Health  Exhibition,  London,  1884.    Silver 
Medal  (Highest  Award)  National  Health  Society's 
Exhibition,   London,   1883.      Medal   Sanitary 
Institute  of  Great  Britain,  1882.    Award 
of  Merit  International  Sanitary  Exhi- 
bition, London,  1881. 


Supplied  to  the  Department  of  Public  Charities  and 
Correction  ;  also  to  the  Department  of  Public  Parks,  New 
York.  The  Zoological  Society  of  Philadelphia.  In  reg 
ular  use  by  many  Hospitals,  Asylums,  Public  and  Benev- 
olent Institutions,  Health  Officers,  Clubs,  Railroad  and 
Steamship  Companies,  Hotels,  Factories,  Stables  and 
Riding  Academies,  &c.  Used  exclusively  in  many  of  the 
most  prominent  Bench  Shows,  Poultry,  Horse,  Cattle 
and  Dairy  Shows  in  the  United  States. 


Supplied  to  the  British  Admiralty. 

Inserted  in  the  British  Board  of  Trade  Medical  Scale  for  Mer 
chant  Ships. 

In  regular  use  by  most  Public  Health  Authorities,  Hospitals^ 
Unions  and  Large  Public  Institutions  in  England,  and  by 
many  in  the  Colonics  and  the  Continent  of  liuroj)e. 

Used  by  the  3Iunicipal  Authorities  of  India,  ke. 


The  American  axd  Continental  "  Sakitas"  Co  ,  Limited 
Supply  Boards  of  Health,  Hospitals,  Asylums,  Public  Institu- 
tions, Kailway  and  Shipping  Companies,  &c,  with 

"Sanitas'^  Disinfecting  Fluids,  Powder  and  Soaps, 

Upon  Special  Terms  or  by  Cootfact. 


The  Science  of  Disinfection. 


The  use  of  Disinfectants  for  preventing  the  spread  of  infectious 
or  contagious  diseases,  is  based  upon  certain  well  ascertained 
facts,  of  which  the  following  may  be  taken  as  an  accurate  sum- 
mary : — 

Many  infectious  or  contagious  diseases  are  caused  by  the  pres- 
ence in  the  human  body  of  so-called  microbes,  that  is  to  say, 
minute  organisms  which  are  supposed  to  grow,  multiply  and 
flourish  at  the  expense  of  the  human  system,  giving  rise  to  all 
the  complications  and  consequent  characteristics  of  the  various 
specific  diseases. 

These  microbes  are  very  widely  distributed  in  nature,  and  by 
way  of  illustration,  it  may  be  stated  that  the  well-known  process 
of  ])utrefaction  is  dependent  upon  the  presence  and  growth  of  cer- 
tain of  these  microbes  in  the  affected  substances.  The  expression 
microbes"  includes  both  fully  developed  organisms  and  the 
germs  or  spores  from  which  they  are  developed,  and  while  the 
fully  developed  organisms  may  be  readily  destroyed  by  certain 
chemical  re-agents  and  otherwise,  as  for  instance  by  heat,  their 
spores  are  imbued  with  the  utmost  vitality  ;  they  are  to  be  found 
everywhere,  and  it  is  practically  impossible  to  annihilate  them 
until  they  pass  into  the  fully  developed  stage  to  whi(  h  reference 
has  been  made. 

The  application  to  jjutrid  mixtures,  of  certain  chemical  re- 
agents (Antiseptics  and  Disinfectants)  kills  the  organisms  which 
initiate  the  process  of  putrefaction,  and  the  reason  why  such 
ap[)lication  remains  efficacious  is,  cither  that  the  presence  of  the 
chemical  re-agents  prevents  the  development  of  further  sjjores 
into  a  stale  of  maturity,  or  else  that  they  kill  each  organism  as 
it  is  developed  ;  the  spores  themselves  are  not  necessarily  killed 
by  such  re-agents,  but  immediately  they  develop  into  the  matured 
state  they  are  destroyed. 

Again,  rliemical  re-agents,  or  so-called  Disinfectants,  act  in 
various  ways  ;  that  is  to  say,  some  substances  have  the  property  of 
•  sphyxiating  microbes  by  the  oxygen  which  they  ccini  lin     otltj-rs 


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act  by  preventing  the  access  of  oxygen  to  the  microbes  ;  others 
behave  as  direct  poisons  to  the  organisms,  and  yet  others  render 
the  medium  of  the  organisms  unfit  for  their  further  existence  and 
development,  so  that  they  die  off  in  consequence.  This  last 
named  change  may  be  effected  by  the  removal  or  chemical  alter- 
ation of  one  or  more  particular  substances  upon  the  presence  of 
which  the  life  of  the  organisms  depends.  It  is  thought  by  the 
best  authorities  that  infectious  diseases  are  directly  caused  by  the 
action  of  chemical  poisons  elaborated  by  micro-organisms,  so  that 
true  disinfectants  must  either  be  able  to  prevent  the  production 
of  these  poisons,  or  to  destroy  them  when  formed.  It  may  then 
be  taken  for  granted  that  if  chemical  re-agents  can  be  obtained 
which  will  on  the  one  hand  prevent  organic  matters  from  passing 
into  a  state  of  putrefaction,  and  which  will  on  the  other  hand 
destroy  the  poisonous  products  Avhich  are  generated  thereby,  we 
have  in  those  chemical  re-agents  reliable  and  certain  Disinfect- 
ants.    Such  preparations  are  the  "  Sanitas  "  products. 

Microbes  are  found  everywhere,  and  immediately  that  they 
gain  access  to  the  human  body  and  find  therein  the  conditions 
suitable  for  their  life  and  multiplication,  disease  ensues  as  the 
direct  consequence ;  and  disease  spreads  by  communication  of 
the  spores  or  germs  of  the  said  microbes  to  other  persons.  7'o 
avoid  contagion  or  the  spread  of  disease  we  depend  upon  the  use 
of  reliable  disinfectants  which,  by  their  proper  application,  are 
calculated  to  destroy  the  infectious  organisms  and  to  protect 
others  from  their  insidious  attacks.  For  a  more  complete  ac- 
count of  the  present  state  of  scientific  knowledge  regarding  this 
subject  readers  are  referred  to  "  Nature's  Hygiene,"  a  Systematic 
Manual  of  Natural  Hygiene  by  C.  T.  Kingzett,  F.I.C.,  F.C.S., 
Vice-President  Society  of  Public  Analysts,  England. 

In  the  practical  employment  of  Disinfectants  there  has  in  times 
past  been  one  great  difficulty,  and  that  was  the  want  of  a  sub- 
stance which,  while  it  could  be  relied  upon  as  an  effective  Dis- 
infectant, should  yet  have  such  general  properties  as  to  allow 
of  its  free  use  in  the  household.  Poisonous  substances  are 
inadmissible  on  account  of  the  danger  involved  by  their  use  ; 
other  substances  are  disqualified  by  reason  of  the  ruinous  stain 
which  they  impart  to  linen,  bedclothes  and  furniture,  and  others 
again  on  account  of  their  unpleasant  and  corrosive  properties. 
All  this  difficulty  has  been  removed  by  the  discovery  of  the 
"Sanitas"  products,  which  act  both  as  oxidants  and  antiseptics  ; 
which  are  fatal  to  every  organism  in  regard  to  which  they  have 


been  tested,  and  which  are  perfectly  non-poisonous,  colorless 
and  give  no  stain  ;  moreover,  they  are  of  an  agreeable,  fragrant 
character  and  constitute  natural  Disinfectants. 

One  statement  is  sufficient  to  prove  the  value  of  the  "Sanitas  " 
products,  and  that  is  this  :  in  various  forms  (Fluids,  Powders  and 
Soaps)  they  are  well  known  to,  and  highly  recommended  by, 
many  eminent  medical  and  scientific  authorities  in  the  United 
States  where  they  are  employed  by  a  great  number  of  Hospitals, 
Asylums  and  Public  Institutions.  The  Sanitary  Officers  of  most 
Local  Boards  of  Health  and  other  Sanitary  and  Public  Bodies  in 
Great  Britain  use  '"Sanitas"  as  the  best  agent  they  can  employ 
for  the  prevention  of  the  spread  of  infectious  and  contagious 
diseases. 

THE  "SANITAS"  PRODUCTS, 

THEIR    HISTOET    AND    &ENEEAL    DESCRIPTION. 

The  mysterious  agency  of  certain  plants  and  trees  in  promoting 
the  salubrity  of  the  surrounding  atmosphere  has  long  remained 
without  precise  explanation. 

By  dint  of  experience,  man  has  learned  that  the  presence  oi 
jjine-trees  is  favorable  to  the  purity  of  the  air,  and  grateful  to 
patients  suffering  from  diseases  of  the  lungs.  French  writers  of 
the  romantic  school  ofttimes  place  their  invalid  heroine  in  a  pine 
wood,  and  describe  the  invigorating  effect  of  the  pleasant  bal- 
samic perfume  exhaled  by  it  on  lungs  weakened  by  brealliing  the 
heated  and  poisonous  air  of  the  ball-room. 

The  pine  groves  of  Bournemouth,  Arcachon  and  other  places 
have  long  enjoyed  a  great  reputation  for  restorative  power,  and 
camping-out  parties  have  for  many  years  past  been  formed  in 
America  for  the  express  purpose  of  dwelling  for  a  space  in  the 
salutary  atmosphere  of  the  pine  forest.  Naturally,  the  most 
apparent  character  of  tiic  atmosphere  surrounding  pine-trees  was 
from  the  first  associatetl  with  the  curative  power  so  much  prized. 
It  was  found  tiiat  air  «:harged  with  pine  odors  was  inexpressibly 
grateful  to  sick  persons  ;  and  without  going  any  deeper  into  the 
subject,  the  strong  resinous  scent  was  accepted  as  tlie  curative 
agent. 

Another  instance  of  the  hygienic  influence  of  vegetation  has 
been  supplied  by  the  blue  gum-tree  of  Australia— otherwise   the 


Eucalyptus  globulus.  During  recent  years  this  tree  and  the  other 
members  of  the  same  genus  have  deservedly  acquired  a  high 
reputation  for  rendering  localities  previously  uninhabitable  on 
account  of  malaria,  wholesome  and  fit  for  habitation  by  man.  In 
Algeria  and  in  Portugal,  previously  unhealthy  valleys  have  been 
made  salubrious  by  the  simple  process  of  planting  the  blue  gum- 
tree.  At  a  meeting  of  the  Pharmaceutical  Society  of  London, 
February  2d,  1876,  a  paper  by  Mr.  R.  G.  Glover,  gave  a  striking 
instance  of  the  fever-preventing  power  of  this  handsome    tree. 

In  perhaps  the  most  desolate  part  of  the  Campagna,  some  three 
miles  from  Rome,  is  a  monastery  in  which  a  band  of  monks  bat- 
tled for  existence  with  the  malaria  which  gradually  depopulated 
the  Campagna.  For  centuries  the  fever-striken  monks  endeavored 
to  hold  their  own  against  it  until  the  close  of  the  last  century, 
when  the  monastery  was  deserted. 

Some  years  ago  the  great  repute  of  the  Australian  gum-tree 
attracted  the  attention  of  some  Trappist  monks,  who  at  once  put 
the  powers  of  this  wonderful  tree  to  the  test.  They  begged  to  be 
allowed  to  occupy  the  long  deserted  buildings,  and  began  to 
make  the  old  ruinous  place  habitable  once  more.  They  obtained 
some  plants  of  the  Eucalyptus,  and  placed  them  in  the  devastated 
cloisters.  The  plants  throve,  and  have  developed  into  trees  over 
thirty  feet  in  height.  Having  as  yet,  no  experience  of  the  mar- 
vellous properties  of  the  tree,  the  monks  did  not  live  there,  but 
during  the  summer  and  autumn  they  might  be  seen  in  the  evening 
tramping  their  weary  way  to  the  city,  to  avoid  sleeping  in  the 
dreaded  locality. 

So  things  continued  for  four  years  of  their  occupancy,  when 
the  first  plantation  had  grown  into  trees  of  goodly  size,  and  the 
whole  of  the  ground  within  the  monastery  had  been  planted. 

For  many  years  now,  all  the  monks  have  inhabited  the  hitherto 
fatal  spot,  none  sleeping  away,  but  remaining  day  and  night  dur- 
ing the  whole  year  in  what  was  formerly  the  most  fever-stricken 
part  of  the  Campagna. 

On  the  30th  April,  1876,  Dr.  Fedeli  presented  to  the  Roman 
Academy  of  Medicine  a  paper  on  the  properties  of  the  blue 
gum-tree,  and  adduced  strong  evidence  to  prove  that  the  plant 
is  a  powerful  febrifuge,  and  that  wherever  it  has  been  cultivated 
endemic  malaria  has  disappeared.  Since  then,  the  Italian  gov- 
ernment has  supplied  landholders  with  large  quantities  of  slips  of 
the  tree  for  forming  plantations  in  all  malarious  districts. 

Again,  it  has  been  observed  that  wooden  hospitals  are  particu- 


larly  efficacious,  as  inducing  rapid  convalescence — a  fact  hardly 
susceptible  of  more  than  one  explanation,  viz.,  that  the  resinous 
and  turpentine-like  bodies  existing  in  the  wood  exhale,  under 
ordinary  conditions,  vapors  grateful  to  the  human  organism. 

Closely  connected,  too,  with  the  health-preserving  influence  of 
the  pine-tree,  and  of  the  Australian  blue  gum-tree,  is  the  pro- 
phylactic power  of  camphor  and  thymol.  For  ages  before  pine 
woods  became  known  as  health-giving  spots,  or  the  anti-malarial 
influence  of  eucalyptus  trees  had  been  observed,  camphor  had 
enjoyed  an  extraordinary  reputation  as  an  antiseptic.  To  this 
day  it  is  worn  by  thousands  of  persons  as  a  preservative  against 
fever,  cholera  and  small-pox. 

The  clue  to  this  chain  of  circumstances  has  been  furnished 
by  Mr.  C.  T.  Kingzett,  F.I.C.,  F.C.S.,  as  the  result  of  a  dis- 
covery which,  like  many  others,  ultimately  of  great  practical 
value  to  mankind,  grew  out  of  a  purely  scientific  investigation. 
Mr.  Kingzett  engaged  in  a  prolonged  inquiry  into  the  nature 
and  influence  of  certain  natural  processes  of  oxidation.  Since 
Dr.  Davy's  observations,  the  belief  had  grown  and  become  ac- 
cepted, that  ozone,  as  it  exists  in  the  air,  constitutes  the  great 
purifying  influence  in  nature.  Attempts  were  made  to  establish 
a  relation  between  certain  diseases  and  the  absence  of  ozone 
from  the  atmosphere.  Freedom  from  various  infectious  diseases 
had  been  considered  to  stand  in  a  sort  of  proportion  to  the 
amount  of  ozone  present  in  the  air  at  certain  places  and  at  cer- 
tain times.  Men  talked  glibly  of  ozone.  It  had  one  great  ad- 
vantage over  the  majority  of  scientific  expressions — it  was  short  ; 
it  presented  no  quantitative  difficulties.  Very  few  people  outside 
of  the  scientific  world  knew  precisely  what  it  meant,  and  it  was 
found  convenient  to  ascribe  to  it  all  kinds  of  qualities.  The 
health-restoring  property  of  sea-air  was  derived  from  ozone. 
One  heard  even  of  ozone  baths.  As  time  rolled  on,  it  came  to 
be  believed  that  plants  when  exposed  to  the  air  evolved  this 
precious  gas  by  the  process  known  as  slow  oxidation,  while  flow- 
ers did  not.  But  it  rs  now  admitted  that  the  real  proof  of  the 
production  of  this  active  principle  was  not  forthcoming,  for  the 
methods  of  identification  did  not  distinguish  between  ozone  and 
a  kindred  substance,  peroxide  of  hydrogen.  Mr.  Kingzett  found 
reason  to  believe  that  plants  do  not  produce  o/one,  but  peroxide 
of  hydrogen,  and  undertook  a  series  of  ex|)crimenls  to  clear  up 
this  moot  point  in  natural  chemistry.  He  accordingly  submitted 
to  the  inlliK-ni  /•  <>{  itlmospherio  air  and  oxygen  a  large  number  ot 


oils,  such  as  the  oils  of  turpentine,  carraway,  berganiot,  eucalyp- 
tus and  juniper.  He  found  that  oxygen  was  absorbed  rapidly 
by  all  these  substances,  and  in  the  case  of  turpentine  to  an 
enormous  extent.  It  must  be  recollected  that  these  oils  do  not 
absorb  oxygen  in  the  sense  that  water  dissolves  sugar,  for  the 
gas  enters  into  combination  with  them  and  forms  new  substances. 
Of  all  the  substances  tested,  turpentine  possessed  in  the  highest 
degree  the  faculty  of  absorbing  oxygen.  Mr.  Kingzett  next 
found  that  when  turpentine  was  exposed  to  a  current  of  air  in 
the  presence  of  water,  especially  at  summer  temperatures,  oxygen 
was  absorbed,  the  oil  became  oxidized  into  a  compound  unstable 
in  the  presence  of  water,  and  splitting  up  thereby  into  peroxide 
of  hydrogen,  camphoric  acid,  &c.  The  result  of  these  experi- 
ments was  to  convince  the  investigator,  firstly,  that  the  hygienic 
influence  common  to  groves  of  pine  and  blue  gum-trees  is  to  be 
attributed  to  the  constant  evolution  of  peroxide  of  hydrogen, 
soluble  camphor,  camphoric  acid,  thymol  and  certain  other  cam- 
phoraceous  bodies,  caused  by  the  volatilization  and  oxidation  of 
naturally  secreted  oils  ;  and  secondly,  that  this  depended  upon 
the  atmospheric  oxidation  of  the  "terpene,"  or  principle  of  tur- 
pentine common  to  all,  and  most  powerful  in  the  ordinary  turpen- 
tine of  commerce  derived  from  the  pine. 

Having  then  arrived  at  the  facts  that  the  healthy  atmosphere 
of  a  pine  wood  or  an  eucalyptus  forest  is  due  to  the  presence  of 
peroxide  of  hydrogen  and  camphoraceous  substances  produced 
by  the  atmospheric  oxidation  of  the  essential  oils  secreted  by 
those  trees,  and  that  these  valuable  natural  purifiers  can  be  pro- 
duced from  common  turpentine,  Mr.  Kingzett  manufactured 
them  in  such  quantities  as  would  make  them  practically  avail- 
able as  antiseptics  and  disinfectants — in  short,  to  imitate  the 
effect  produced  on  a  grand  scale  in  Nature's  own  laboratory. 
The  disinfectant  properties  of  peroxide  of  hydrogen  has  long 
been  known  to  medical  men  ;  but  its  mode  of  preparation  has,  in 
the  past,  been  so  expensive  that  it  could  not  be  used  for  sanitary 
purposes.  His  discovery  consists  in  the  antiseptic  qualities  of 
peroxide  of  hydrogen,  the  identification  of  the  purifying  power 
of  the  pine  and  eucalyptus,  and  the  invention  of  a  method  of 
preparation  which  brings  their  total  healthful  principles  within 
the  reach  of  the  public. 

By  exposing  a  large  quantity  of  turpentine  floating  on  water 
to  a  hot  blast  of  air — much  the  same  as  molten  iron  is  in  the 
Bessemer  "  converter  " — a  watery  solution,  composed  of  peroxide 


of  hydrogen,  camphoric  acid,  camphor,  tliymol,  &zc.,  is  produced, 
and  an  oxidized  oil,  containing  a  great  quantity  of  camphoric 
peroxide.  To  these  products,  in  common  with  others  since  dis- 
covered, the  appropriate  name  of  "  SANITAS  "  has  been  given, 
and  this  name  has  been  registered  as  the  Company's  "  Trade 
Mark  "  for  all  their  various  manufactures.  By  dint  of  gradual 
improvement  and  new  discoveries,  great  perfection  has  been 
attained  in  making  "Sanitas"  products. 

From  what  has  been  said,  it  will  be  evident  that  the  inventions 
which  have  been  described  in  the  foregoing  lines,  are  the  result 
of  a  close  study  of  the  chemistry  of  Nature,  and  the  application 
of  her  method  to  the  artificial  production  of  materials  capable  of 
imitating  her  hygienic  work  with  the  greatest  exactitude. 

The  "Sanitas"  products  fill  an  important  gap  in  the  long  array 
of  antiseptics  and  disinfectants.  One  of  the  most  popular  of 
these,  as  an  aerial  disinfectant,  cannot,  on  account  of  its  ruinous 
stain,  be  sprinkled  on  bedclothes  and  furniture,  as  it  would  de- 
stroy them.  Another  has  a  disgusting  odor  and  is  poisonous.  A 
third  destroys  goods  and  clothing,  and  is  also  poisonous.  "Sani- 
tas  "  fluid  has  none  of  these  disagreeable  properties,  and  leaves 
no  stain  after  its  perfect  evaporation,  which  cannot  fail  to  take 
place.  It  may  be  thrown  over  bed-clothing,  furniture  and  car- 
pets with  perfect  safety,  and  from  its  non-i)oisonous  (piality,  may 
be  used  with  equal  impunity  in  preserving  edibles  from  corrup- 
tion. As  a  true  antiseptic  it  j)revents  according  to  the  testimony 
of  the  highest  independent  witnesses,  putrefaction  and  acetifica- 
tion  of  beer,  wines,  milk,  ike,  and  at  the  same  time  it  is  a  disin- 
fectant in  the  proper  sense  of  the  word,  destroying  any  disease 
germs  or  septic  poisons  with  which  it  comes  in  contact.  Through- 
out the  civilized  world  the  "Sanitas  "  products  have  now  obtained 
wide  recognition  and  approval,  their  excellence  having  been 
certified  by  a  large  number  of  medical  ofticers,  chemists  and 
other  sanitary  authorities  of  the  first  order.  They  will  keep  pure 
the  air  of  barracks,  workshops,  schoolrooms  and  ordinary  rooms, 
and  are  of  the  greatest  use  in  disinfecting  cellars,  kennels,  cattle- 
sheds,  slaughter-houses,  meat  markets,  dairies,  sculleries  and 
other  offices  of  the  household.  Their  efficacy  in  this  respect  has 
been  demonstrated  in  the  most  sati.sfaotory  manner  at  many 
recent  Poultry,  Dairy,  Cattle,  Horse  and  Dog  Shows,  held  in  New 
York,  I, ondon,  and  elsewhere,  (see  Reports).  Crude  *"  S.mitas  " 
will  |)urify  the  holds  of  ships,  will  sweeten  musty  barrels,  wine  and 
beer  bottles  ;iii(l  tubs,      It    is    als(;    useful   on   shipbo.ird   for  des- 


troying  the  detestable  odor  of  bilge-water.  Meat,  fish,  fruits, 
and  all  solid  foods  may  be  preserved  by  immersing  them  in  the 
Fluid,  or  wrapping  them  in  cloths  moistened  with  it,  or  by  spraying 
them  from  time  to  time.  Milk  also  may  be  kept  sweet  and  fresh  in 
the  hottest  weather  by  the  addition  of  "  Sanitas  "  Fluid  as  directed. 

To  Corporations  and  Public  Institutions  generally,  the  "  Sani- 
tas" Powder  and  other  products  are  invaluable,  as  will  be  seen 
on  consulting  the  Reports  which  follow  hereafter.  Indeed,  the 
"Sanitas"  products  are  now  in  use  by  most  Corporations,  Hos- 
pitals, Asylums,  Railway  and  Shipping  Companies  and  Public 
Institutions  in  the  British  Empire,  and  by  many  in  United  States, 
while  their  efficiency  has  been  tested  and  certified  by  the  most 
eminent  scientists  of  England,  the  Continent  and  America. 

In  addition  to  these  economic  and  hygienic  uses,  "Sanitas" 
Fluid  is  an  article  of  luxury.  Mingled  with  water  in  the  propor- 
tion of  one  pint  to  ten  gallons  of  water,  it  produces  a  most  delight- 
fully refreshing  bath. 


"SANITAS"     PREPARATIONS    AND 
DIRECTIONS  FOR  THEIR  USE. 


"SANITAS"  DISINFECTING TLTIID. 

This  preparation  is  a  colorless  aqueous  solution  of  a  fragrant 
odor,  non-poisonous,  and  does  not  stain  linen  or  carpets.  Being 
non-poisonous,  it  is  the  only  Disinfectant  which  may  be  adminis- 
tered internally  for  the  treatment  of  such  diseases  as  Dysentery, 
Cholera  and  Typhoid  Fever.  Its  active  principles  include  Per- 
oxide of  Hydrogen,  Thymol,  a  soluble  Camphor,  Camphoric 
Acid,  and  other  substances,  which  collectively  give  to  it  its 
pleasant  pine-like  odor.  "Sanitas"  Disinfecting  Fluid  is  not 
merely  a  germicidal  agent  and  antiseptic,  but  it  also  prevents  the 
formation  of  the  toxic  products  of  putrefaction  and  destroys  by 
oxidation  all  existing  toxic  products. 

DIRECTIONS  FOR  USE. 

For  general  use  in  the  House  .•—Sprinkle  about  the  carpets  and  floors,  and 
spray  into  the  atmosphere. 

Isolation  of  the  ^/cA-;— Steep  sheets  or  cloths  in  the  Fluid,  wring  out,  and 
then  hang  them  across  the  door  of  the  infected  apartment  or  sick  room  (one  in- 
side and  one  outside). 


In  cases  of  Cholera,  Dysentery  and  Typhoid  Fever,  doses  of  the  Fluid  should 
be  given,  from  time  to  time,  under  the  direction  of  the  medical  attendant  (half 
a  wine  glass  filled  up  with  water). 

In  Scarlet  Fever,  and  other  diseases  aflecting  the  skin,  the  patient's  body 
should  be  cold  sponged  under  the  direction  of  the  medical  attendant  with  the 
Fluid  diluted  with  five  times  its  own  bulk  of  water,  the  iame  solution  being 
used  for  spraying  or  gargling  the  throat. 

Washing  the  Sick: — All  water  used  for  washing  purposes  should  be  ren- 
dered antiseptic  by  the  addition  of,  say,  a  wine-glass  of  the  Fluid  to  each  quart 
of  water  emijloyed. 

Wounds  and  Sores  before  drcbbing  should  be  washed  with  the  P'luid,  mixed 
with  an  equal  quantity  of  water. 

In  cases  of  Ear  Discharges,  Nasal  Disease,  Suppurating  Wounds,  and 
sloughing  Ulcers,  the  Fluid  should  be  diluted  with  twice  its  own  volume  of 
water  and  applied  by  syringe,  douche,  bandage  or  atomizer,  to  the  seat  of  the 
disease. 

In  Bronchitis,  Diphtheria  and  Sore  Throat,  a  gargle,  made  by  mixing  one 
part  of  the  Fluid  with  three  times  its  own  volume  of  water,  should  be  used  three 
or  four  times  a  day. 

4s  an  Antiseptic  Wash  for  use  by  Surgeons,  the  Fluid  may  be  employed  with- 
out dilution.  It  oxidizes  all  putrid  products  and  keeps  wounds  healthy, 
without  irritation  or  toxic  effects. 

As  an  Anti-Pruritic,  the  "  Sanitas "  Fluid,  diluted  with  an  equal  part  of 
water,  should  be  used. 

All  Sores  and  Wounds  of  Animals,  such  as  broken  shoulders,  saddle  galls, 
stable  wounds,  sui)purative  and  ulcerous  wounds,  Sec,  should  be  washed  with  .1 
mixture  of  the  Fluid  with  its  own  volume  of  water  about  twice  a  day,  and  always 
before  dressing  them. 

Mange  may  be  completely  cured  by  washing  the  body  of  the  afifectcd  animal 
several  times  a  day  with  a  mixture  of  the  Fluid  diluted  with  its  own  volume  of 
water. 

Foot  and  Mouth  Disease : — Syringe  out  the  mouth  and  throat  of  the  animals 
with  the  Fluid  diluted  with  its  own  volume  of  water,  twice  a  day.  and  wash  the 
hoofs  with  the  pure  Fluid.  Add  also  one  wine-glass  of  the  Fluid  to  each  lot  of 
drinking  water. 

To  Preserve  Meat,  Fish  and  Game  : — Spray  the  articles  once  or  twice  a  day 
with  the  Fluid  diluted  with  an  equal  bulk  of  water. 

In  the  Bath  and  Washing  Water: — Add  the  Fluid  according  to  liking  ;  it 
purifies  the  skin,  oxidi/.cs  .ill  impurities  and  increases  the  luxury  of  the  bath. 

As  a  Mouth  and  Tooth  Wash  : — Use  one  tablcspoonful  to  each  wine-glass 
of  water. 

Offensive  Breath : — This  unpleasantness  is  removed  by  adding  a  tablespoon 
ful  of  "  Sanitas"  to  a  wine  glass  of  water  used  as  a  mouth  wash. 

For  use  in  Water  Closets : — A  bottle  of  the  Fluid  should  be  kept  in  every 
closet,  and  a  little  of  the  Fluid  should  be  poured  into  the  pan  every  time  the 
closet  is  used. 

Diluted  with  nine  times  its  volume  of  water,  it  has  no  action  on  steel 
instruments. 

"  SANITAS  "  FLUID  is  sold  in  40c.  bottles,  and  can  \>c  had  by  the  gallon 
»nd  in  barrels. 


"SANITAS"  DISINFECTING  OIL, 

"Sanitas"  Oil   derives   its  intense   antiseptic,  j^crmicidal  and 
oxidizing  properties  from  tlie  presence  of  Camphoric  Peroxide 


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and  other  substances;  and  it  is  equal  in  oxidizing  strength  to  a 
lo-volume  solution  of  Peroxide  of  Hydrogen,  while  it  is  perfectly 
free  from  toxic  effects  when  employed  as  an  Antiseptic  Dressing 
for  use  in  Surgery.  Being  volatile  at  low  temperatures,  it  may 
be  usefully  employed  both  as  an  Air  Purifier  and  for  the  genera- 
tion of  an  Antiseptic  Vapor,  which  is  particularly  beneficial  in 
the  treatment  of  all  Lung  and  Throat  complaints. 

DIRECTIONS    FOR    USE. 

Fumigation  of  a  sick-room  or  dwelling  may  be  effected  by  placing  an  ounce 
(more  or  less  according  to  the  size  of  the  apartment)  of  the  Oil  upon  some  water 
in  a  saucepan  or  kettle,  and  boiling  the  mixture  so  that  the  fumes  escape  freely 
into  the  apartment. 

Diphtheria,  Brohchitis  and  General  Throat  Complaints ; — Breathe  freely  sev- 
eral times  a  day,  the  vapor  generated  by  boiling  water  upon  which  a  few  drops 
of  "  Sanitas  "  Oil  have  been  placed.  Or  apply  a  spray  with  a  vaporizing  atom- 
izer Sanitas  Oil  i  part  and  Olive  Oil  3  parts. 

Burns,  Chapped  Hands  and  Lips,  Wounds,  &c..  should  be  dressed  with  a 
mixture  of  7  ])arts  Olive  Oil  and  i  part  "  Sanitas"  Oil. 

Eczema  : — For  treatment  of  this  complaint  the  same  mixture  of  Olive  and 
"  Sanitas"  Oils  should  be  applied  by  a  feather  or  soft  brush  every  morning  and 
evening. 

For  Burns  (special) : — Apply  a  mixture  of  4  ounces  "  Sanitas"  Oil  with  16 
ounces  of  the  Oil  and  Lime  water  Liniment  (Z/wzw^w^  At/  :  Calcis)  as  a  dressing. 

Ring  Worm  : — Rub  in  the  "  Sanitas"  Oil  night  and  morning  until  the  skin* 
whether  of  the  head  or  elsewhere,  becomes  pretty  sore,  and  then  rub  in  les^ 
frequently  for  a  few  days.  On  being  allowed  to  heal,  the  disease  will  have  en- 
tirely disappeared. 

Woodwork  aud  Furniture  are  thoroughly  disinfected  by  rubbing  over  with  a 
flannel  upon  which  a  small  quantity  of  ''  Sanitas"  Oil  has  been  placed. 

Greenhouses,  &c. ,  may  be  freed  from  blight  and  other  obnoxious  insects  by 
fumigation  with  "  Sanitas"  Oil  as  above  described. 

To  Purify  the  Air  of  dwelling  rooms,  place  in  saucers  a  small  quantity  of 
"  Sanitas"  Oil,  or  sawdust  over  which  the  Oil  has  been  sprinkled. 

Husk  of  Cattle : — This  disease  may  be  readily  cured  by  causing  the  animals 
to  breathe  the  vapor  of  "  Sanitas"  Oil.  It  should  be  sprinkled  on  cotton  wool 
in  a  nose  bag. 

Sores  and  Wounds,  Ulcers  and  Suppurative  Surfaces  should  be  anointed 
with  "  Sanitas  "  Oil,  mixed  with  some  suitable  bases,  or  bandages  impregnated 
with  the  "  Sanitas"  Oil,  diluted  with  Olive  Oil  should  be  employed. 

To  make  Antiseptic  Gauze  Free  from  Toxic  Properties : — Melt  3  parts  Dam- 
mar resin  with  3  parts  i)arafiine  wax  and  i  part  or  more  "  Sanitas"  Oil,  and  use 
the  mixture  whilst  hot  for  impregnating  book  muslin,  employing  pressure  while 
still  hot  to  squeeze  out  any  excess  of  the  antiseptic  mixture.  Afterwards  store 
in  an  air-tight  case. 

For  Producing  a  Perfect  Antiseptic  Spray,  use  the  pure  "  Sanitas"  Oil,  or 
the  emulsion  (diluted  with  water  to  the  re(juired  extent)  described  below. 
"  Sanitas"  aqueous  fluid  may  also  be  used  for  spraying. 

For  Oiling  Catheters,  Speculas,  and  wiping  oyer  the  hands  and  fingers  of 
the  Operator,  "  Sanitas"  Oil  mixed  with  Olive  Oil  in  the  proportions  of  i  to  20 
is  useful.  A  mixture  of  i  to  10  may  be  employed  to  soak  lint  for  introduction 
into  deeper  wounds. 

"Sanitas"  Oil  in  Alcohol : — A  solution  of  i  in  10  parts  Rectified  Spirit  may 
be  applied  to  septic  wounds,  and  i  to  20  may  be  used  for  injuries  to  the  head. 


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"  Sanitas"  Oil  Emulsion: — Take  powdered  gum  acacia  i  part  and  well 
triturate  with  4  parts  "  Sanitas  '  Oil  ;  then  add  2  parts  water  all  at  once  and  stir 
vigorously  until  the  emulsion  is  produced.  This  emulsion  may  be  diluted  with 
water  in  any  proportion  and  is  therefore  available  for  spraying  and  dressing 
purposes. 

Ointment  can  be  readily  made  by  melting  together  28  parts  "  Vaseline,"  or 
other  hydrocarbon,  I  part  paraffine  wax  and  i  part  "Sanitas"  Oil. 

"Sanitas"  and  Iodoform  Emulsion  : — Take  96  grains  "Sanitas"  Oil,  96 
grains  powdered  gum  acacia,  8  grains  ioiloform  and  add  water  to  2  fluid  ounces. 

Iodoform  in  "Sanitas"  Oil : — Iodoform  is  readily  soluble  in  "  Sanitas"  Oil, 
especially  when  the  Oil  is  used  warm.  Iodoform  may  be  administered  as  an 
inhalation  by  the  use  of  the  solution  of  it  in  "  Sanitas"  Oil. 

GENERAL  INSTRUCTIONS  :—"  Sanitas"  Oil  may  be  safely  relied  upon  as  a 
trustworthy  Antiseptic,  Oxidant  and  Disinfectant,  and  in  any  case  where  it  is 
feared  putrefaction  may  set  in,  or  in  any  case  in  which  that  process  already 
exists,  •'  Sanitas''  Oil  may  be  employed  with  confidence  as  to  the  result.  It  is 
perfectly  miscibic  with  |)etroleum  bases,  and  with  other  oils,  fat,  and  waxes. 

N.  B. — "Sanitas"  Oil  is  inflammable. 

"  SANITAS"  OIL  is  sold  in  40c.  bottles  ;  and  can  be  had  by  the  gallon 
and  in  barrels. 


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SANITAS"  CRUDE  DISINFECTING  FLUID. 


This  product  may  be  diluted  with  water  (witli  which  it  makes 
a  milky  solution),  to  any  desired  extent.  It  has  been  especially 
designed  for  street  watering  and  for  disinfecting  Sewage  and 
large  accumulations  of  organic  refuse  upon  a  clteap  scale. 

DIRECTIONS    FOR    USE. 

Drams  should  be  kept  sweet  by  occasionally  pouring  down  a  mixture  of  a 
wine-glassful  of  Crude  "  Sanitas"  in  about  half-a-pint  of  water. 

Street  Watering : — Mix  from  one-(juartcr  to  one-half  a  pint  with  each  100 
gallons  of  water  employed.  This  dilute  solution  effectually  corrects  all  unpleas- 
ant odors  and  prevents  putrefaction,  particularly  upon  wooden  pavements. 

General  Use  : — Dilute  with  10,  50,  or  100  volumes  of  water,  according  to 
the  intensity  of  the  nuisance  to  be  corrected  and  add  to  the  oflensive  matter. 
Market  and  farmyard  sweepings,  stable  refuse,  manure  and  bone  heaps,  bad 
meal,  etc.,  should  be  treated  as  directed. 

Mortuary  Reifuirements  are  well  met  by  using  this  preparation  diluted  with 
ten  or  twciiiy  times  its  own  volume  of  water. 

Dog,  Cattle  ami  Horse  Shotvs  arc  kept  quite  sweet  and  pleasant  by  water- 
ing with  a  mixture  of  one  [)arl  Crude  "  Sanitas"  with  from  50  to  100  parts 
water. 

Bilge  Water  is  instantly  dcodori/.ed  by  adding  about  iia!f-a  pint  of  Crude 
"  Sanitas"  to  each  100  t^allons. 

Water  and  Earth  Closets: — A  bottle  of  Crude  "Sanitas"  shodid  be  kept 
in  all  closets  and  a  few  drops  used  each  lime  :  or  use  every  ilay  as  directed 
.ibove  —  "  Drains." 

Ash  Barrels  and  Pits  s\\<n\]d  be  kept  free  from  putrefaction  by  sprinkling 
over  the  contents  a  little  of  the  crude  "  Sanitas"  from  lime  to  tunc  ;  a  solution 
diluted  twenty  linics  with  water,  and  applied  by  means  of  a  watering  can,  may 
be  employed  for'lhiH  purpose. 


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Floors  and  Walls  are  readily  disinfected  by  adding  a  little  of  the  Crude 
"  Sanitas"  to  the  scrubbing  water.  For  sick  room  purposes  use  about  a  tea- 
cupful  to  the  gallou  ;  it  wiiitens  the  boards  and  imparts  a  fragrant  freshness  to 
the  rooms. 

Infected  Linen  and  Clothing  should  be  washed  in  a  mixture  of  i  part  to  lo 
parts  of  water.  A  much  smaller  proportion  should  be  used  under  ordinary  cir- 
cumstances.    It  bleaches  linen  and  does  not  injure  the  clothes. 

For  Wheat  Dressing : — It  is  a  certain  remedy  against  smut,  mildew,  etc. 
Add  1  part  to  20  parts  of  water,  and  moisten  the  seed  with  the  mixture. 

CRUDE  "SANITAS"  is  sold  in  40c.  bottles,  and  can  be  had  by  the 
gallon  and  in  barrels. 


"  SANITAS"  DISINFECTING  POWDER. 

"  Sanitas"  Disinfecting  Powder  is  fragrant  and  stronger  as  an 
antiseptic  than  20  per  cent.  Carbolic  Acid  Powder,  besides  which 
it  possesses  also  powerful  oxidizing  properties,  thus  exhibiting  a 
two-fold  character  not  rivalled  by  any  other  product. 

DIRECTIONS    FOR    USE. 

Place  in  dishes  about  the  room,  and  renew  from  time  lo  time. 

Keep  about  an  ounce  of  it  constantly  in  all  chamber  utensils,  particularly 
in  cases  of  cholera,  typhoid  fever  and  dysentery. 

Mix  a  J^  lb.  with  water  for  purifying  earth  closets,  cesspools,  drains,  &c. 

Sprinkle  it  freely  about  urinals,  fish  markets,  public  places,  &c..  and  over 
drains. 

Sprinkle  it  freely  about  stables,  factories  and  mortuaries. 

Pigsties,  farm  and  poultry  yards  may  be  kept  quite  free  from  all  bad  smells 
and  disease  by  its  use. 

For  disinfecting  cattle  trucks  and  slaughter  houses,  make  the  Powder  into 
a  kind  of  whitewash  by  mixing  it  with  water  and  use  it  as  such. 

Disinfect  walls  and  ceilings  as  described  in  preceding  paragraph. 

For  purifying  roads  and  streets,  sprinkle  the  Powder  well  about  just  before 
using  the  water  carts. 

"SANITAS"  DISINFECTING  POWDER  is  sold  in  tins  with  sprinkler 
tops,  40c. ;  and  in  barrels. 

■  SANITAS"  DISINFECTING  SAW-DUST. 

A  clean  and  effective  preparation  for  use  in  markets,  kennels, 
stables,  &c.  It  is  very  rapid  in  its  action  not  only  as  a  deodorizer 
but  also  as  an  air  purifier. 

DIRECTIONS    FOR    USE. 

This  is  a  very  strong  preparation,  and  may  be  diluted  with  from  i  to  50 
parts  of  ordinary  sawdust  according  to  requirement. 

Place  it  in  dishes  about  the  rooms. 

Put  about  34  ounce  in  cuspadores. 

Sprinkle  it  about  stables,  kennels,  pigsties,  farm  and  poultry  yards,  facto- 
ries and  mortuaries. 

Bad  smells  and  disease  may  be  removed  by  its  use. 

For  use  in  post-mortem  examinations;  and  for  placing  in  coffins  it  is  inval- 
uable. 

Sold  in  bulk  only. 


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"SANITAS"   DISINFECTING  SOAPS. 

All  these  Soaps  are  antiseptic  and  disinfectant  in  character. 

Laundry  Soap  in  ^  lb.  cakes  and  in  bulk,  for  scrubbing  floors, 
woodwork  and  washing  linen  and  clothes.  Its  use  prevents  in- 
fection spreading  through  the  laundry,  and  it  is  used  for  these 
purposes  in  many  Workhouses,  Institutions  and  Hospitals. 

Toilet  Soap  in  boxes  of  3  tablets,  40c.  The  most  delicious 
toilet  soap    available.     The    best    Antiseptic    soap   for    the 

SKIN. 

"Sanitas"  Disinfecting  Animal  {Soft)  Soap. — This  sub- 
stance is  of  the  greatest  value  for  Washing  Horses,  Cows,  Sheep, 
Dogs  and  Cats,  and  for  the  destruction  of  Insects. 

For  Cracked  Heels  and  all  Wounds  and  Sores,  it  is  unfailing. 

For  the  Destruction  of  Lice  on  Cattle,  it  is  infallible. 

For  Washing  Dogs  and  Cats  and  the  Cure  of  Mange  : — It  greatly  improves 
the  hair,  keeps  the  skin  healthy,  removes  scurf  and  all  unpleasant  odors. 

For  Cure  of  Scab  in  Sheep,  rub  in  every  day  until  cured. 

To  Kill  Ticks  and  Maggots,  rub  in  as  required. 

For  Ringworm,  rub  in  the  Soap  daily  until  cured. 

As  a  Soft  Soap  its  use  will  be  greatly  appreciated  for  cleaning  floors  and 
dressers,  marble,  furniture,  brass  and  ))aint  ;  for,  beyond  its  wonderful  cleans- 
ing properties,  the  Soap  is  a  powerful  Disinfectant. 

"SANITAS"  DISINFECTING  ANIMAL  (Soft)  .SOAP  is  sold  in 
bottles,  40c.,  and  in  kegs. 


"SANITAS"  DISINFECTING  JELLY. 

In  glass  jars,  40c.,  also  in  bulk,  6  lbs.  and  upwards  ;  for  disinfecting  cuts, 
wounds,  burns  and  anointing  the  skin  in  the  peeling  stages  of  disease,  and  for 
massage.  

"  SANITAS  "  DISINFECTING  VETERINARY  OINTMENT. 

In  pots,  40c. ;  invaluable  for  application  ti>  all  wounds,  sores,  galls,  sprain^, 
broken  surfaces  and  skin  diseases  in  the  Horse,  Dog,  Cat  and  other  animals. 

PREVENTS  AND  CURES  MANGE. 


"SANITAS"  DISINFECTING  FURNITURE  CREAM. 

In  bottles,  40c.;    for  polishing  articles  of  furniuiic  and  disinfectin  ■  .!vv<l! 
ing  rooms  or  hospital  wards  at  the  same  time.     A  tplendid  polish. 


"SANITAS"  DISINFECTING  TOILET  FLUID. 

In  stoppered  bottles.  40c. ;  fur  w.ishing  tin-  uolh  and  numlli  and  curing 
offensive  breath  ;  for  delicately  scenting  the  aii  of  apartments  ;  (oruie  in  finger 
jflasscs  and  in  casradr.;,  ^i       Invaluable  to   aniokers. 


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"SANITAS"  DISINFECTING  TOOTH  POWDER. 

In  boxes,   40c.;  is  an  admirable  preparation  for  cleansing  the  teeth  and 
preserving  them  from  decay  and  acidity.     Its  use   insures  a  pure  breath 


"SANITAS"  DISINFECTING  INSECT   DESTROYER. 
(Liquid  Soap.) 

For  tlie  destruction  of  insects  on  plants  and  trees,  and  for  general  use  as  a 
liquid  soap,  including  washing  of  wood-work  in  Stables,  Kennels  and  Conserva- 
tories, and  preventing  the  incrustation  of  boilers. 

Sold  in  bottles,  40c. ;  and  can  be  had  in  gallons  or  by  the  barrel. 


''SANITAS"  DISINFECTING  SHEEP  DIP. 

A  non-poisonous,  combined  Soap  and  Disinfectant,  unrivalled  for  sheep 
dipping,  and  for  the  cure  of  rot,  scab,  and  other  diseases  of  animals.  It 
bleaches  and  softens  the  wool,  prevents  the  fly  from  striking,  and  kills  all 
insects.     In  bulk  only. 


TESTIMONIALS. 


MEDICAL. 


Health  Department. — Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  December  24th,  1886. 

At  the  request  of  the  Comptroller.  Mr.  Joseph  E.  Barnard,  who  is  also 
one  of  the  members  of  the  Board  of  Health,  I  acknowledge  the  receipt  of  a 
box  of  disinfectants  as  sent  by  your  Company  on  the  15th  inst. 

The  articles  having  been  tested  are  found  up  to  the  mark  in  every  particular. 

Too  much  praise  cannot  be  given  your  Company  for  the  high  standard  of 
excellence  of  their  preparations.  I  sincerely  hope  you  will  continue  to  merit, 
as  you  certainly  deserve,  the  thanks  of  the  people. 

The  Board  will  cheerfully  recommend  your  preparations  whenever  called 
upon  so  to  do. 

Thomas  M.  Cutting,  Clerk  Board  of  Health. 


New  York,  May  ist,  1888. 
So  far  as  I  have  been  able  to  test  your  preparations  I  have  been  exceed- 
ingly pleased  with  the  results.     The  soap  is  very  superior  and  I  cannot  com- 
mend it  too  highly. 

E.  S.  Bates,  M.D. 


New  York,  October  loth,  1887. 

Some  six  months  ago  I  received  from  you  a  package  of  "Sanitas"  prep- 
arations. I  have  used  them  constantly  in  my  practice  and  have  had  an 
excellent  opportunity  to  test  their  value. 

The  "  Sanitas  Oil"  and  "Jelly"  I  have  found  to  be  an  excellent  surgical 
dressing  and  germicide,  and  superior  to  anything  I  have  heretofore  used  for  that 
purpose. 

The  "Disinfecting  Fluid"  I  have  used  both  internally  and  externally  in 
twenty-seven  cases  of  typhoid  fever  and  twenty-three  of  diphtheria,  besides 
numerous  cases  of  dysentery,  and  consider  its  action  upon  micro-organisms  far 


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better  than  carbolic  acid  or  any  other  disinfectant.     Besides  its  pleasant  odor 
renders  it  very  easy  to  use  or  administer. 

The  Toilet  preparations  are  simply  admirable,  and  I  do  not  hesitate  to 
freely  recommend  them. 

J.  VV.  Small,  M.D. 

New  York,  January  31st,  1888. 

The  "  Sanitas  "  Crude  Disinfecting  Fluid  is  an  excellent  disinfecting  and 
deodorizing  agent  ;  thrown  in  foul  .ind  offensive  closets  it  removes  the  offen- 
sive smell  and  leaves  in  its  jjjace  the  very  pleasant  odor  of  pine. 

The  white  "  Sanitas''  Disinfecting  Fluid,  being  non-poisonous  and  having 
a  pleasant  odor,  is  a  good  substitute  for  carbolic  acid  in  the  sick  room.  I  have 
also  made  use  of  the  latter  with  ample  satisfaction  as  directed  by  Lennox 
Browne  in  his  work  on  diseases  of  the  throat,  in  all  diseases  of  mucous  mem- 
brane, where  carbolic  acid  is  indicated. 

Dr.  Joseph  S.  Carreau. 


Woman's  Infirmary  and  Maternity  Home 
OF  THE  City  of  Np;\v  York,  January  25th,  1888. 
A  full  trial  of  all  the  "Sanitas"  preparations  during  the  past  year  has 
given  the  medical  staff  of  this  institution  a  fair  opportunity  for  observing  the 
excellent  effects  resulting  from  their  use.  Where  formerly  the  many  disin- 
fectants and  antiseptics  were  tried  with  more  or  less  satisfaction,  the  "  Sanitas  ' 
agents  have  now  in  every  case  proven  all  the  worth  claimed  for  ihem. 

James  O'Reilly,  M.D.,  Medical  Director. 


New  York,  November  2<1,  1887. 
Allow  me  to  say  I  have  used    your  goods  while  connected    with  several 
hospitals    in  Albany.     For   thorough  disinfection    in   large    institutions,   T  am 
firmly  convinced  there  is  nothing  equal  to  your  "Sanitas"  i)re|)arations.     I  will 
continue  to  prescribe  such  until  I  find  something  more  perfect. 

Dr.  K.  E.  Fivey, 


New  York,  Janu.nry  27th,  1888. 
After  submitting  your  "  Sanitas"  to  various  tests,  I  find   it   possesses  very 
superior  merits,  more  than  any  other  disinfectant   that  I  am  ac(|uainted  with  ; 
indeed,  it  seems  to  be  etpial  to  all  that  you  claim  for  it. 

I   think  its  general  use  not  only  in  lios])itals  and  asylums,  l>ul  in  all  i>rivate 
houses,  would  be  greatly  conducive  to  public  health. 

\VM.    II.    DWINKLIK,    M.D. 


Department  ok  Pumlic  Charities  and  Correction, 
HoM<E()PATHic  Hospital,  W.  I.,  New  York,  October  31st,  1888. 

In  regard  to  the  use  of  Crude  "  Sanitas"  Fluid,  I  would  say  that  I  liave 
used  it  diluted  to  sjiray  the  floors  of  our  wards,  and  found  it  efficacious  in  allay- 
ing odors  and  giving  a  pleasant  aroma. 

I  have  also  used  it  very  acceptably  V)y  j)ouring  the  crude  into  the  cisterns 
connected  with  the  neniarest  water  closet  basin  so  that  the  b.isin  is  lluslicd 
with  it  at  every  discharge. 

Another  pleasant  way  to  use  it  is  to  filla  hand  basin,  where  I>cdroon)  connects 
with  bathroom,  half  full  of  hot  water  and  then  pour  an  ounce  or  two  into  this 
when  the  balsamic  odor  given  off  will  |icnctrate  throughout  the  room. 

I  have  used  the  Oil  in  our  erysipelas  rooms  by  distillation  on  oil  stove. 

The  Laundry  Soa|<  is  of  service  in  urinals. 

The  Tooth  I'owdcr  leaves  a  sensation  of  cleanliness  and  purity  in  ilic 
mouth,  superior  to  any  powder  I  have  trieil.     •     •     * 

T.   M.   Strom;,   M  D.,  Chief  of  Staff. 


EoHERT  Guernsey,  Ml).,  in  an  article  in  The  New  Yorl:  Metiimt  Timet, 
August,  1887  : 

*  *  *  It  is  certain  that  in  carrying  out  the  process  which  he  supposes 
to  prevail  in  the  great  .ind  perfect  laboratory  of  nature,  he  h.is  given  the  world 


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in  his  "Sanitas"  preparations  the  most  pleasant  and  safe,  if  not  the  most  effi- 
cient antiseptics  for  general  use  yet  discovered. 

[The  above  remarks  refer  to  C.  T.  Kingzett,  F.C.S.] 

The  Doctor,  New  York,  September  i6th,  1887  : 

Let  me  state  that  the  Associate  Editor  of  The  Doctor,  Dr.  Frank  T. 
Barwis.  has  made  a  personal,  thorough  and  convincing  test  with  "  Sanitas"  in 
one  direction,  and  has  cause  to  be  thankful  for  the  result  obtained.  An  eczema 
of  the  face  vv^hich  had  given  him  great  trouble  for  several  years  was  removed 
in  a  few  days  by  a  free  use  of  the  "  Sanitas  Oil "  and  "  Sanitas"  Toilet  Soap. 

Arthur  T.  Hills,  M.D.,  Surgeon  to  Ward's  Island  Hospital,  in  an  arti- 
cle in  The  New  York  Medical  Times,  July,  )  888  : 

Sanitas  has  been  used  at  the  Ward's  Island  Hospital  with  much  satisfaction, 
and  we  intend  in  our  future  service  to  use  it  much  more  extensively. 


New  York,  November  4th,  1887. 
About  two  months  ago  I  received  from  you  a  package  of  "  Sanitas  "  prep- 
arations.    I  think  they  are  excellent  and  very  convenient,  owing  to  the  various 
forms  in  which  you  put  them  up. 

A.  B.  Jamison,  M.D. 


New  York,  January  7th,  1889. 
In  a  very  serious  and  chronic  case  of  malarial  typhoid,  I  gave  "  Sanitas  " 
with  most  satisfactory  results.     I  shall  now  use  it  in  every  case  of  this  charac- 
ter I  have.     I  use  "  Sanitas  Oil  "  for  many  skin   diseases  and  for  some  throat 
troubles  as  a  spray. 

F.  G.  Welch,  M.D. 


The  Nezv  York  Medical  Times,  November,  1887  : 

The  "  Sanitas  "  preparations  are  rapidly  growing  in  favor  as  germ  destro)'- 
ers  and  as  antiseptics.  We  have  had  occasion  to  use  the  soft  soap  for  sores 
upon  horses  during  the  past  summer  and  also  the  "Sanitas"  veterinary  oint- 
ment with  marvelous  results. 


Long  Branch,  N.  J.,  March  14th,  i888. 

I  have  used  and  recommended  several  of  your  preparations  of  ' '  Sanitas  " 
with  invariable  satisfaction  aud  success  as  an  antiseptic  and  disinfectant.  I  am 
slow  in  giving  up  old  friends  tried  for  new  ones  unknown,  hence  have  deferred 
using  "Sanitas"  until  I  was  conversant  with  its  claims  and  properties  as  set 
forth  by  an  analysis.     Experience  confirming  this,  I  am  its  friend. 

The  Toilet  Fluid  is  agreeable  and  pleasant  aside  from  its  other  properties. 
The  same  may  be  said  of  the  Toilet  Soap.  The  Powder  and  Disinfecting  Fluid 
does  away  with  the  vile  odors  of  other  Disinfectants. 

S.  H.  Hunt,  M.D. 


Washinoton,  D.  C,  March  21st,  1888. 
I  take  pleasure  in   commending  the  "  Sanitas  "   preparations  as  very  relia- 
ble disinfectants  and  deodorizers,  especially  for  medical  uses  and  purposes. 

They  possess  the  great  advantages  of  being  without  offensive  odor,  of  being 
unirritating,  and  not  being  poisonous. 

This  combination  of  good  qualities  is  not  found  in  any  other  disinfectant 
in  ordinary  use. 

Robert  Reyburn,  M.D. 
Prof.  Physiology,  &c.,  Med.  Dept.  Howard  University. 


Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  Dec.  24th,  1886. 
I  received  the  case  of  samples  you  so  kindly  sent  me  in  November,  and 
after  a  careful  trial  I  am  satisfied  of  their  efficiency  as  disinfectants,  and  can  cor- 
dially recommend  them  for  general  use. 

T  hope  they  will  be  kept  in  stock  by  all  druggists. 

E.    H.  Si'OONF.R,  M.  D. 


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Boston,  Mass.,  April  20th,  1887. 
I  have  used  all  kinds  of  disinfectants  for  twenty-seven  years  in  my  surgical 
practice  here  and  on  steamer,  and  observed  their  use  in   Paris  and  London  in 
1880  and  1887,  and  as  a  disinfectant  and  antiseptic   I  can   truly  say  it  has  no 
equal  ;  also  it  is  pleasant  and  agreeable  as  a  pine  forest. 

A.  W.  K.  Newton,  M.  D. 


East  Weymouth,  Mass.,  Jan.  23d,  i838. 
I  have  used  the  "  Sanitas  "  preparations  sent  me,  and  am  much  plea.sed  with 
them  ;  as  a  disinfectant  in  the  sick  room  it  is  more  agreeable  to  the  patient  than 
any  other  I  ever  used.     I  shall  make  further  trials  of  it. 

G.  W.  Fay,  M.  D. 

Worcester,  Mass.,  Nov,  22d,  1887. 
Your  samples  which   you   kindly  sent   long  ago  were  received,   and  ever 
since  then  I  can  say  that  I  have  ordered  them  almost  every  day  in  my  practice. 
They  are  reliable  and  have  never  failed  to  give  entire  satisfaction. 

Frank  G.  Fay,  M,  D. 

Springfield,  O.,  September  18,  1887. 
The  sample  bottle  of  "  Sanitas"  sent  by  your  firm  proved  more  satisfac- 
tory than  anything  of  the  kind  I  have  used. 

L.  S.  Rice,  M.  D. 


'Annals  of  Hygiene,"  PHILADELPHIA,  Nov.  i,  1887. 
The  "  Sanitas  "  Disinfectant  Preparations,  so  celeljrated  in  Europe     * 
are  now  manufactured  in  this  country,  thus  greatly  lessening  their  cost. 


F.  B.  Jesseii,  F.  R.C.S.,  Surgeon  to  the  Cancer  Hospital,  London,  in  a 
communication  to  the  "Medical  Register"  Philadelphia.  March  31st,  1888  : 

From  a  now  considerable  experience  of  the  use  of  "  Sanitas"  as  a  dress- 
ing, I  am  able  to  report  most  highly  of  its  antiseptic  qualities  in  the  following 
class  of  cases,  viz. : 

1.  In  all  cases  of  operation. 

2.  As  a  dressing  in  cases  of  putrid  and  foul  ulcers. 

3.  As  an  injection  in  ulceration  or  malignant  disease  of  the  uterus. 

4.  In  a  concentrated  fr)rm  (equal  parts  of  "Sanitas"  oil  and  glycerine), 
for  saturating  tampons  of  absorbent  wool  for  plugging  the  vagina  in  very 
bad  cases  of  cancer  of  the  uterus. 

5.  As  a  mouth  wash  in  cancer  of  the  mouth  and  tongue. 

*  *  *  These  cases  arc  sufficient,  I  think,  to  show  that  in  "Sanitas" 
we  possess  a  substance  which  is  a  powerful  antiseptic  and  disinfectant,  and  on 
account  of  its  universal  applicability  without  danger  to  life,  and  from  its  cheap- 
ness, I  can  strongly  recommend  it  to  the  notice  of  surgeons  generally  and  to 
hospital  authorities  in  particular. 


Board  of  Health,  New  Haven.  Conn.,  Dec  ist,  1887. 
We  have  found  the  "Sanitas"  preparations  excellent  as  doo<Iorizers. 

Edward  Coe,  Health  Inspector. 

'*  Lancet,"  April  25th,  18B5. 
"Sanitas"  now  enjoys  general  favor  as  a  disinfectant  ;  safe,  pleasant  and 
useful. 


Combination  Hosimtal.  Siiieldhall,  Govan.  Scotland,  Nov.  g."i886. 
On  July  5th  last,  one  case  of  smallpox  was  admitted  here,  a  girl  aged  eight 
years,  unv.^ccinatcd.  conduent  on   the  face,  and   scmi-conflucnt   all  over  arms, 
body  and  legs.      From  thi-  very  first  I  had  her  painted  all  over  with  a  mixture  of 
R — 01  "Sanitas,"  l  ounce. 
Glycerine,  2  ounces, 
of  Olivae,  ad  40  ounces. 


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Liq.  to  be  painted  over  the  parts  where  they  appeared  dry. 

This  girl  made  a  splendid  recovery,  and  was  dismissed  on  August  29  with- 
out a  mark  upon  her  face  or  any  part  of  her  body.  I  never  once  detected  the 
usual  smell  of  small-pox.  I  can  safely  say  the  same  of  other  bad-smelling  dis- 
eases.    The  "  Sanitas"  fumigator  was  always  kept  going  at  regular  intervals. 

Fredk.  a.   Freer,  Medical  Superintendent. 


Taken  from   ''A  Cont)ihHtion  to  the  Study  of  Disinfectants"   ^^Practitioner," 
October,  1884.     No.  196;  p.  264.     By  W.  J.  Miller,  M.D.,  Dundee. 
In  four  experiments  in  which  lymph  was  mixed  with  "Sanitas"  Fluid  in 

equal  proportions,  and  the  mixture  was  not  employed  till  it  had  stood  eight 

hours,  twelve  hours,  thirty-one  and  a  half  hours  and  seven  days  respectively, 

the  disinfection  was  complete. 

Boston,  Lincolnshire,  England. 
I  have  used  "  Sanitas,"  and  its  various  compounds,  very  extensively,  both 
in  private  and  hospital  practice,  and  consider  it  one  of  the  most  valuable  and 
reliable  antiseptic  agents  we  possess.  Its  non-irrilating  qualities  fit  it  for  the 
dressing  of  wounds  after  operations  where  carbolic  acid  is  found  to  disagree  in 
many  cases.  As  an  application  in  cases  of  cancer,  I  have  found  it  most  useful 
in  destroying  foetor,  and  relieving  pain. 

A.  Mercer  Adam,  M.D.,   Surgeon  to  the  Boston  Hospital. 

TiTCHFiELD,  Hants,  England. 
The  "  Sanitas"  oil  in  combination  with  oil  of  cloves  I  find  makes  a  good 
embrocation    for    whooping    cough  ;     to    rub  the  spine  and  chest  twice  daily 
answers  capitally.      I  shall  not    fail  to  recommend  your  elegant  preparations 
when  opportunity  occurs.  F.  Rawle,  M.R.C.S.,  &c. 


Town  Hall,  Wakefield. 
Since  you  sent  to  me  some  months  ago  samples  of  your  "  Sanitas  "  Oil,  &c. , 
I  have  used  no  other  disinfectant  in  the  Wards  of  the  Corporation  Fever  Hos- 
pital here.  As  to  its  disinfectant  properties,  its  chemical  composition  speaks 
for  itself,  but  as  a  deodorizer  I  gave  it  the  preference  over  all  others,  on  the 
ground  that  it  is  not  poisonous,  and  its  aroma  is  refreshing  and  grateful  to  the 
feelings  of  the  patients,  whilst  Carbolic  Acid  is  very  disagreeable  to  many 
patients,  and  it  only  acts  in  ray  opinion  as  a  deodorizer  by  substituting  a  nastier 
stench  of  its  own.     W.  S.  Wade,  L.R.C.P.,  &c.,  Medical  Officer  of  Health. 

In  course  of  a  Lecture  delivered  before  the  Hygienic  Society,  at  the  Town  Hall, 
Berlin,  Sanitatsrath,  Professor  Dr.  Paul  Nieineyer  said  : 
Artificial  disinfection  by  carbolic  acid  by  no  means  replaces  the  purification 
of  the  air  Ijy  ventilation,  and  should  therefore  be  proceeded  with  only  excep- 
tionally and  sparingly,  as  carbolized  air  violently  irritates  the  organs  of  smell 
and  produces  giddiness,  nausea,  and  so  forth  ;  much  more  in  accordance  with 
the  principles  of  health,  is  disinfection  with  the  preparation  "Sanitas,"  which 
smells  not  verj'  strongly,  but  agreeably,  and  exercises  no  poisonous  effect. 


The  follo7ving  extract  is  taken  f-om  a  ^'' Lecture  on  the  Skin  and  its  Manage- 
ment in  Health,"  by  William  Allan  famieson,  AL  D.,  Lecturer  on  Diseases 
of  the  Skin,  Edinburgh  School  of  Medicine. 

Sulphur  Soaps  are  irritating,  and  so  are  Carbolic  Acid  Soaps  ;  the  latter  is 
sometimes  useful  as  a  disinfectant,  but  when  kept,  the  carbolic  acid  evaporates, 
and  with  it  any  particular  virtue.  Coal-tar  Soap  is  of  little  value  in  some 
diseases  of  the  skin,  in  most  it  does  harm.  One  Soap  I  can  recommend — 
"  Sanitas"  Toilet  Soap.  A  little  of  this  soap  goes  a  long  way,  the  hair  wlien 
washed  witli  it  feels  free  and  clean  on  being  combed.  "  Sanitas"  Fluid  itself, 
diluted  with  four  times  as  much  water,  makes  a  good  wash  for  the  hair. 


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i8  Powis  Road,  Brighton,  England. 
Immediately  after  receiving  your  specimens,  a  young  gentleman  called  to 
consult  me  for  Chronic  Eczema  of  a  year's  standing  on  both  legs,  verj'  tiiick 
and  red  at  the  bend  of  the  knees  extending  down  and  round  both  legs  to  the 
ankles.  I  gave  him  an  ounce  of  "  Sanilas"  Oil  with  directions  to  mix  it  with 
seven  ounces  of  Olive  oil  for  applying  with  a  feather  over  the  eruption  every 
morning  before  putting  on  his  linen  drawers  and  to  have  his  usual  warm  bath 
at  bed  time.  In  about  a  week  he  called,  accompanied  with  his  mother,  to  say  the 
Doctor  who  was  attending  liim  for  a  spinal  curvature,  was  shocked  on  seeing 
the  state  of  his  limbs  and  inentioned  a  skin  doctor  and  wished  him  to  consult 
this  specialist.  The  mother  and  son  considered  the  skin  improving  and  had  no 
wish  to  make  a  change.  In  two  weeks  more  the  cure  was  perfected  which  re- 
sisted skilled  treatment  for  twelve  months.  As  I  have  not  noticed  any  such 
case  in  your  reports,  I  think  this  will  give  you  pleasure. 

R.  TUTHILL  Massy,  M.D.,  &c. 


24  Gardiner's  Place,  Dublin. 
I  have  found  the  inhalation  of  "  Sanitas  "  Oil  peculiarly  useful  in  cases  of 
phthisis  and  bronchorrh<T3a.  After  trying  many  other  drugs,  I  now  use  nothing 
else  for  antiseptic  inhalation  with  the  skeleton  respirator  made  for  nie  by  Messrs. 
Arnold  &  Son.  Four  or  five  minims  of  the  Oil  cirojjped  on  the  lint  will  diffuse 
a  sufliciently  strong  vapor  in  front  of  the  mouth  and  under  the  nostrils,  to 
render  the  inhaled  air  perfectly  aseptic,  and  to  introduce  an  antiseptic  vapor 
into  the  bronchi.  When  used  several  times  a  day,  for  periods  each  of  half  an 
hour's  duration,  the  "  .Sanilas  "  exercises  a  beneficial  effect  in  the  course  of  the 
disease.  In  spasmodic  affections,  such  as  asthma,  the  inhalation  gives  great 
relief.  The  preparations  being  both  powerful  and  safe,  can  be  relied  on  as  dis- 
infectants in  private  practice. 

E.  MacDowel  Cosgrave,  M.D. 

Cloughjordan,  Co.  Tipperary,  Ireland. 
I  have  no  hesitation  in  bearing  favorable  testimony  to  your  product  "  Sani- 
tas." As  a  dressing,  it  is  perfect ;  as  a  disinfectant,  most  satisfactory.  I  gave 
it  a  fair  trial  in  a  case  of  comi)ound  comminuted  fracture  of  skull,  laceration  of 
dura  mater,  and  penetration  of  brain-substance  tivo  inches  in  depth.  Removal 
of  bone  from  that  depth  ;  life  prolonged  for  nineteen  days,  and  eventually  lost 
in  acute  pleuro  pneumonia.  Post-mortem  section  showed  good  repair,  NOT  A 
trace  ok  pus,  and  fully  satisfying  my  expectation  of  saving  the  poor  fellow's 
life  until  his  chest  trouble  set  in.  In  a  case  of  this  kind  I  think  your  "Sani- 
tas" imuiluahle,  as  I  should  be  rather  reluctant  to  inject  carbolaled  remedies. 
From  my  limited  experience  of  "Sanitas"  I  would  imagine  it  to  become  a 
dressing  of  the  first  rank  in  the  future. 

K.  MACl.OGitLiN,  AH.,  M.B.,  T.C.D.,  Medical  OflTicer  of  Health. 

73  MirKi.KGATE,  York,  Eni;lani>. 
Your  "  Sanitas  "  Ointment   is   in  invariable  use  for  anointing  my   lingers 
at  a  midwifery  c.xse  ;  and  since  using  it  have  never  had  a  septica-mic  case  in  my 
midwifery  practice,  which  is  a  rather  extensive  one. 

In  a  case  of  abscess  of  the  lung  in  a  child,  with  most  horrible  foelor  of 
breath,  permeating  the  room.  I  was  much  pleast-d  with  the  action  of  "  Sanitas" 
Oil  as  fumigation  and  iidialation  in  counteracting  (he  odor. 

Kd.  Pktcii,   M.I)..  (I.oi.d.) 

5    GLKt)IK>W    (JARDKNS,   SOt;TH    KKNStNGTON.  S.    W..   KnCI.ANP. 

I  have  formed  a  high  opinion  of  the  preparations  of  "Sanitas"  as  local 
and  diffusible  disinfectants,  while  ihcir  agrccal)le  fragrance  obviates  the  objec- 
tions which  are  sometimes  raised  to  the  use  of  s'>mc  others.  Tlie  Oil  poure<l 
over  typhoid  and  other  evacuations,  which  have  t<>  be  kept  for  observation,  effects 
complete  dcodorization  without  nllcring  their  apprnr.Tncc.  .and  diluted,  forms  an 
encellent  preventive  inunction  for  the  body  of  a  iie.s(|iiam.iting  scarlatinal  patient. 
W.  lir.ZLV  Thornk.  L.K  C.P.,  M.R.C.S.,  &c. 


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CoNiscLiFFE  Road,  Darlington,  England. 
I  have  found  "  Sanitas  "  Oil  diluted  wiih  olive  oil  of  much  service  in  the 
treatment  of  otorrhoea. 

Henry  R.  Irwin,  L.F.P.S. 


WiTHERN,  AlFORD,  LINCOLNSHIRE,  ENGLAND. 
"  Sanitas  "  Jelly  is  a  most  valuable  application  to  eczema  in  the  dry  stage, 
to  chapped  hands  and  lips,  and  to  bruises  and  excoriations. 

A  tin  of  the  Powder  has  kept  an  ordinary  midden  free  from  smell  for  over 
twelve  months.     From  this  preparation  the  oil  appears  to  volatilize  but  slowly. 

James  Hurley,  M.D. 

"In  the  practical  application  of  '  Sanitas'  in  the  sick  chamber,  especially 
when  any  of  those  diseases  called  '  contagious  and  infectious  '  exist,  this  disin- 
fectant may  be  used  without  stint  and  without  fear,  for  it  is  not  more  expensive 
than  carbolic  acid  or  chloride  of  lime,  is  more  effective,  and  is  not  poisonous. 
In  small-pox,  scarlet  fever  (especially  during  the  peeling  or  desquamation  pro- 
cess), and  other  eruptive  diseases,  the  medical  man  can  (with  safety)  recommend 
the  skin  of  his  patients  to  be  bathed  with  it.  In  diphtheria,  the  mouth,  throat, 
and  all  the  parts  within  reach  may  with  safety  and  advantage  be  washed  with 
it,  either  by  means  of  a  syringe  or  a  sponge  dipped  in  the  solution.  In  typhoid 
fever,  not  only  may  the  temperature  of  the  body  be  reduced  by  bathing  the  skin 
with  it,  but  the  poison-bearing  discharges  from  the  bowels  may  be  prevented 
from  undergoing  the  putrefactive  process  by  being  treated  with  it.  In  typhus 
the  overcrowded  room  may  be  oxygenated  by  the  frequent  use  of  it  through  an 
efficient  spray  producer,  whilst  in  cases  where  there  are  syphilitic  or  other  ill- 
conditioned  ulcers,  the  diseased  parts  may  be  dressed  with  this  disinfectant  and 
the  ill-effects  of  their  corroding  discharges  thus  arrested,  and  healthy  action 
of  the  surfaces  promoted." 

Alfred  Haviland,  M.R.C.S. 
Medical  Officer  of  Health  to  the  Northampton 
Combination  of  Sanitary  Authorities. 


Extract  from  a  work  "  On  Affections  of  the  Luvgs  and  Throat  a^xd  their  Treat- 
ment by  Inhalation"  by  ^WAAKU.  ABBOTTS,  M.D.,  M.R.C.P. ,  and  M.R.C.S., 
London. 

"The  inhalation  of  'Sanitas'  vapor  is  especially  valuable,  as  a  remedial 
agent,  in  relaxed  sore  throat,  in  diphtheria,  in  nasal  catarrh,  in  ozoena,  in  deaf- 
ness arising  from  obstruction  of  the  eustachian  tubes  by  inspissated  mucus,  in 
asthma,  in  bronchitis  (particularly  the  chronic  form),  in  pneumonia  (greatly 
diminishing  the  offensive  odor  of  the  breath  and  sputa),  in  phthisis,  and  in  all 
infectious  diseases — scarlet  fever,  small  pox,  measles,"  &c. 


Sackville  Street,  London. 

To  the  Editor  of  The  Lancet  : 

"  Sanitas"  Oil. — I  think  it  worth  while  to  draw  the  attention  of  your 
readers  to  the  fact  that  "  Sanitas  "  Oil  completely  covers  the  disagreeable  smell 
of  iodoform  in  ointments,  &c.,  besides  being  a  valuable  application  in  all  ulcers, 
specific  or  otherwise,  in  deodorizing  and  in  helping  the  process  of  hearing. 

James  Startin,  M.R.C.S. 


"  By  the  desire  of  Privy  Councillor,  Dr.  Wilms,  I  write  to  inform  you,  with 
reference  to  the  samples  of  "  Sanitas"  you  sent  here  for  trial,  that  we  have  used 
it  in  the  Bethanian  Hospital,  as  a  dressing  for  strongly  suppurating  and  slough- 
ing wounds  with  good  results,  so  that  we  must  acknowledge  and  certify  its  dis- 
infecting power."  Dr.  Karver, 

Assistant  Surgeon,   Bethanian  Hospital,  Berlin. 


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Venice. 
We.  the  undersigned,  Medical  and  Surgical  Officers  of  the  following  hospitals, 
liercby  declare,  that  "  Sanitas  "  is  an  excellent  disinfectant  and  antiseptic. 

Ugo — Dr.   Bassi, 

Physician  of  the  City  Hospital  in  Venice. 
Paluello — Dr.  Carlo, 

Physician  to  the  General  Hospital  of  Venice. 
Tuzzo — Dr.  GuiSEPPE, 

Physician  of  the  City  Hospital  in  Venice. 

The  following  Extract  is  taken  from  the  well-known  work,  "  The  Throat  and 
its  Diseases,"  {see p.  166-167),  by  Lennox  Browne,  F.R.C..*-i..  Edinburj^li. 
Senior  Surgeon  to  the  Central  London  Throat  and  Ear  Hospital,  Surgeon 
and  Aural  Surgeon  to  the  Royal  Society  of  Musicians,  to  Her  Majeiiy's 
Opera,  6v. 

The  author  has  found  very  remarkable  benefit  from  the  employment  as  a 
nasal  douche  of  a  fluid  recently  introduced  as  a  disinfectant  and  aniiseplic,  under 
the  empirical  title  of  "  Sanitas."  This  fluid  is  said  to  be  a  solution  of  peroxide 
of  hydrogen  and  camphoric  acid,  and  is  capable  of  liberating  or  evolving,  on 
contact  with  putrescibleor  disease-brewing  matters,  several  times  its  own  volume 
of  nascent  oxygen  ;  in  other  words  it  is  an  oxidiser  or  disinfectant,  as  are  ozone 
peroxide  of  hydrogen  and  permanganate  of  potash  ;  and  at  the  same  time  it  is 
an  antiseptic,  as  are  carbolic,  salicylic,  and  camphoric  acids.  To  these  qualifi- 
cations may  be  added  that  its  odor  is  agreeable,  that  it  is  colorless,  and  that  it 
neither  stains  nor  destroys  linen  textures." 

I  have  employed  "Sanitas"  not  only  in  my  own  house,  but  also  in  our 
Workhouse  Infirmary,  where  I  have  about  one  hundred  sick  patients,  a  great 
number  of  whom  are  bedridden,  constituting  what  are  called  "Wet  and  Dirty 
Cases." 

Thus  you  will  perceive  that  I  have  had  a  capital  field  for  the  trial  of  ils 
efficacy  as  an  antiseptic  and  disinfectant,  and  as  the  result  of  this  trial  I  can 
declare  "  Sanitas"  to  be  far  superior  to  any  and  every  other  of  the  highly 
vaunted  and  extensively  patronized  disinfectants  in  common  use. 

It  is  undoubtedly  of  extreme  importance  that  we  now  possess  a  disinfec- 
tant which  rids  us  of  the  abominable  stink  and  poisonous  qualities  of  some  other 
disinfectants. 

Henry  Bencraft,  M.R.  C.  S., 

Medical  Officer  of  the  Southampton  Workhouse,  and  Sanitaiy  (Afedicaf) 

Officer  to  the  Port  of  Southampton. 


Royal  Imkirmary,  Manchester,  England. 
I  am  able  to  state  that  "  Sanitas"  is  a  capital  deodorizer,  and  a  vc-iy  pleasant 
agent  to  use,  both  to  the  surgeon  and  to  the  patient,  it  being  less  irritating  (in- 
deed it  is  the  reverse  of  irritating)  than  Carbolic  Acid.  I  prefer  it  to  this  agent 
in  many  cases  where  I  employ  a  disinfectant  to  wash  out  cavities  or  sinuses,  and 
when  cicatrization  has  commenced,  for  a  similar  reason  I  consider  it  not  only 
the  better  application  of  the  two,  but  in  every  way  an  admirable  application.  I 
have  found  it  very  useful  and  agreeable  too  in  the  treatment  of  bed  sores. 

F.  S.  Brauley,  M.  R.  C.  S. 


I  am  convinced  that  "  Sanitas"  is  not  only  an  admirable  disinfectant,  but 
that  it  is  also  ihorouglily  suitable  for  healing  wounds  and  ulcers,  from  its  dimin- 
ishing the  suppuration,  cjuickcning  the  surface  of  the  wound,  and  producing 
rapid  healthy  granulation. 

I  decidedly  prefer  "Sanitas"  to  carbolic  and  salicylic  acids. 

Dr.  Josei'II  Hermann, 
Head  Impttial  Royal  Physician  to  the  Hospital  An  der  Wien 


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Stour  House,  Dovercourt,  April  i8,  1886. 
I  think  no  one  could  wish  for  a  pleasanter  disinfectant  than  the  "  Sanitas  " 
Fluid  diffused  into  the  atmosphere  of  the  sick-room  by  means  of  a  spray-pro- 
ducer. I  have  been  lately  attending  a  case  of  scarlet  fever  where  this  was  done, 
and  although  a  whole  family  resided  in  the  same  house,  not  one  has  caught  the 
complaint. 

Wm.  W.  Hardvvicke,  M.R.C.P.,  L.R.C.S.,  L.M. 

Medical  Officer  of  Health,  Harwich  Borough. 

N.  B.,  February  22,  r836. 
You  know  what  a  difficult  disease  ringworm  is  to  get  rid  of.  Well,  of  all 
the  remedies  I  have  tried,  and  I  think  I  have  tried  pretty  nearly  every  one  that 
has  been  proposed  during  the  past  twenty-three  years,  I  have  seen  nothing  so 
effectual  as  the  oil.  I  order  it  to  be  rubbed  well  in  night  and  morning  until 
the  skin,  whether  of  the  head  or  elsewhere,  becomes  pretty  sore,  and  then  an 
occasional  rubbing  for  a  few  days  to  keep  up  the  effect.  On  being  allowed  to 
heal  then  we  find  the  disease  gone. 

Now,  you  can  publish  this  fact  if  you  like,  but  you  are  on  no  condition  to 
publish  my  name  along  with  it.  M.D.,  &c. 

Extracts  from  "  Criticisms  on  the  Exhibits  of  Disinfectants  at  the  Health  Ex- 
hibition," "Medical  Times,  October  11,  1S84, p.  4gg,  by  A.  Wyntkr  Blyth, 
M.R.C.S.,  F.I.C.,  F.C.S.,  Medical  Officer  of  Health  for  Marylebone." 

"  Sanitas." — Of  all  the  substances  introduced  under  the  name  of  "  Disin- 
fectant," this  is  the  most  pleasant. 

Of  the  numerous  "  Sanitas  "  preparations,  liquid  and  solid,  the  Oil  seems 
to  be  the  most  active.  Nothing  replaces  or  destroys  so  rapidly  the  unpleasant 
odor  which  tenaciously  adheres  to  hands  contaminated  by  contact  with  offensive 
animal  matters.  It  is  also  to  be  commended  for  use  in  stables,  and  as  a  correc- 
tive of  dung  heaps,  and  of  the  sickly  smell  at  times  rising  from  the  Metropolitan 
wood  pavement. 

"  Sanitas  "  appears  a  good  antiseptic,  and  I  noticed  at  the  Exhibition  meat 
preserved  in  it. 


DENTISTS. 


Alfred  T.  Peete,  in  an  Article  in  the  "Southern  Dental  Journal,"  May, 
j88y,  entitled  "  Antiseptics  and  Disinfectants  in  Office  Practice  "  {reaa  before 
the  South  Carolina  Dental  Association.^ 

In  "  Sanitas"  we  have  the  ideal  disinfectant,  and  experiments  appear  to 
have  sufficiently  established  its  great  power  as  a  germicide.  It  is  the  most 
rapid  of  deodorizers,  is  harmless,  can  be  given  internally,  has  a  pleasant  odor 
and  does  not  stain  clothing.  *  *  *  i  use  "  Sanitas  "  Oil  for  disinfecting 
all  cavities  to  be  filled,  especially  root  canals.  When  first  penetrating  a  pulp 
chamber  I  inject  "Sanitas"  Fluid  freely,  as  also  into  root  canals.  *  *  * 
The  "  Sanitas  "  Toilet  Soap  will  remove  from  the  operator's  hands  and  person 
any  suggestion  of  offensive  odors.  The  "  Sanitas  "  Disinfecting  Jelly,  resem- 
bling vaseline  is  an  unequalled  preparation  for  dressing  wounds,  burns  and  sores. 


New  York,  March  i8th,  1887. 
I  have  been  using  the  "  Sanitas"  preparations  for  the  last  three  months 
with  the  greatest  satisfaction,  and  am  convinced  that  if  their  virtues  were  more 
fully  known  no  family  would  be  without  them.  In  short  I  find  them  to  be  just 
what  you  claim  them  to  be.  I-have  fully  tested  the  "  Sanitas"  Oil  in  my  pro- 
fession for  the  treatment  of  Alveolar  abscess  and  pyaria  alveolaris  and  find  it 
the  most  effective  disinfectant,  detergent  and  germ-destroyer  that  I  have  ever 
used,  and  have  been  entirely  successful  in  curing  the  most  persistent  ulcera- 
tion.    When  dentists  have  once  tested  its  virtues  they  will  never  be  without  it. 

DwiGHT  Smith,  D.D.S. 


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New  York,  Jan.  28th,  1888. 
I  have  used  your  "  Sanitas"  constantly   in   my  practice  for  the  last    three 
months,  and  I  think  it  possesses  all  the  merit  you  claim  for  it.     I  have  found  it 
valuable  and  recommend  others  to  try  it. 

H.  A.  Parr,  D.  D.  S. 

Extract  from  a  paper  on  "  Sanitas  "  Oil.  published  in  "  The  Independent  Prac- 
titioner" of  America,  April,  1S86,  by  A.  W.  Harlan,  M.D.,  D.D.S. 
Chicago,  Ills. 
College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons, 
Chicago  Chemical  Laboratory, 

Chicago,  3-10,  1886. 
Dear  Sir  : — I  have  made  several  experiments  with  the  liquids  you  left 
for  me.  As  regards  tlieir  disinfecting  properties  when  brought  in  contact  with 
sulphuretted  hydrogen  and  phosphoretted  hydrogen,  I  used  saturated  aqueous 
solutions  of  these  gases  and  made  several  tests  in  each  case,  using  lead  acetate 
solution  and  silver  nitrate  solution  as  indicators  for  Hg  .Sand  Hj  P  respectively. 
1  (ind  that  one  vol.  of  either  the  liquid  or  oil  will  easily  deodorize  and  destroy  the 
Ho  S  solution  in  twenty-four  to  thirty-six  hours  completely,  no  indications  of 
its  presence  being  given  with  lead  acetate  test.  One  vol.  of  the  oil  or  liquid 
will  completely  deodorize  five  vols,  of  the  H,  P  solution  in  twenty-four  hours, 
no  indication  of  11;,  P  remaining.  The  oil  is  much  more  effective  than  the 
aqueous  liquid,  and  would  undoubtedly  give  a  much  better  showing  with  more 
extended  experiments.  These  tests  were,  of  course,  many  times  more  severe 
than  you  would  subject  the  substances  to  in  actual  practice,  as  the  solution 
contained  three  and  one-quarter  vols,  of  H*  S  to  one  vol.  of  water,  and  the 
Hg  P  solution  was  fully  saturated.  These  liquids  are  undoubtedly  powerful 
disinfectants,  and  must  prove  very  valuable  in  the  practice  of  dental  surgery. 
Respectfully  yours, 

Chas.   B.  Gibson,  Prof.  Chemistry. 
Prof.  A.  W.   Harlan,  M.  D.,  D.D.S. 

The  bottles  above  mentioned  contained  Sanitas  oil  and  Sanitas  Huid. 

Dr.  Harlan  resumes:  "  In  conclusion  permit  me  to  express  the  opinion 
that  .Sanitas  is  perhaps  the  sole  substance  not  poisonous  to  human  life,  at  the 
present  time,  which  is  oertainly  destructive  of  a-robic  and  an.xTobic  germs 
(Pasteur),  and  I  believe  also,  that  there  are  few  scientific  practitioners  of  den- 
tal surgery  who  can  dispense  with  its  use  after  having  fully  and  carefully  tested 
it  in  d.iily  practice." 

Mr.  T.  Charters  White,  M.  R.  C.  S.,  L.D.S.,  Past  President  Queckett 
Microscopical  Club,  England,  writes  : — "  I  have  found  '  Sanitas'  Oil  very  valu- 
able as  a  dressing  to  pulps  after  the  application  of  arsenic.  From  my  experi- 
ence of  its  use  I  claim  for  it  many  advantages  over  carbolic  acid,  first  in  not  being 
caustic,  and  secondly,  patients  find  its  flavor  more  agreeable  than  either  carbolic 
acid  or  eucalyptus  oil.  I  invariably  now  add  '  Sanitas'  Oil  to  my  solution  of 
chloroform  and  mastic,  as  cotton  saturated  with  this  mixture  does  not  become 
so  offensive  when  used  as  a  temporary  dressing.  'I'hc  ordinary  solution  of 
'  Sanitas"  as  kejJt  by  chemists,  furnishes  n  fluid  which  may  be  injected  into  the 
canals  of  teeth  after  the  removal  of  the  pulp  with  most  beneficial  results,  being 
a  non-irritating  antiseptic." 


Mr.  (lURNKi  1.  If  \M\ioNP,  L.D.S. ,  England,  writes  ; — "  Having  thoroughly 
tried  this  new  proj)aration  during  some  six  months  as  a  dressing  to  diseased 
roots.  I  can  speak  most  highly  of  its  efficacy.  Certainly  it  is  one  of  the  most 
powerful  anti'icptics  and  oxidants  I  have  ever  used  ;  it  ajipcars  to  me  superior 
even  to  fucaly|)tus  oil,  and  it  docs  not  irritate  in  the  smallest  degree  (unlike 
carbolic  acid,  creasotc,  etc.,)  any  of  the  delicate  tissues  with  which  it  mny 
accidently  come  into  contact." 


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SCIENTIFIC  AND  SPECIAL. 

New  York,  November  8th,  l886. 
I  have  analyzed  samples  of  your  "  Sauitas"  Fluid  and  "  Sanitas  "  Oil  and 
find  them  lo  contain  the  active  principles  in  accordance  with  your  description. 
I  have  visited  you  exiensive  works  in  West  55th  Street,  New  York,  and  have 
examined  your  processes  of  manufacture  of  the  said  articles.  Having  for  many 
years  made  Peroxide  of  Hydrogen  and  employed  it  on  a  commercial  scale, 
having  also  used  it  as  a  Disinfectant,  and  lectured  to  Medical  classes  on  its 
antiseptic  properties  and  commended  it  for  its  use  in  antiseptic  surgerv,  I  can 
claim  to  be  familiar  with  this  potent  chemical  agent. 

The  action  of  the  oxygen  of  tiie  heated  air  which  you  pass  so  voluminously 
and  for  so  many  hours  tliruugh  turpentine  in  contact  with  water,  produces  valu- 
able and  effective  oxidizing  agents  and  antiseptics,  such  as  Camphoric  Peroxide, 
Peroxide  of  Hydrogen.  I'hym  1,  Soluble  Camphor  and  certain  other  compounds 
all  of  which  are  easily  detected  by  appropriate  chemical  tests.  The  "Sanitas" 
Fluid  contains  Peroxide  of  Hydrogen,  Thymol,  Soluble  Camphor  and  Cam- 
phoric Acid,  whereas,  the  'Sanitas"  Oil  is  heavily  charged  with  Camphoric 
Peroxide,  a  substance  which  possesses  the  great  advantages  that  in  the  presence 
of  water  it  produces  the  Peroxide  of  Hydrogen. 

There  are  no  preparations  to  my  knowledge  which  combine  such  valuable 
Disinfecting  and  Antiseptic  powers  as  the  "Sanitas"  Liquids,  and  which  at 
the  same  time  are  neither  poisonous  nor  corrosive,  not  injurious  to  animal 
tissues  brought  in  contact  with  them,  nor  textile  fabrics,  nor  the  instruments  of 
the  surgeon.  Moreover,  neither  of  them  offends  the  sense  of  smell,  and  by  the 
ingenuity  of  the  manufacture  they  are  presented  to  the  public  at  moderate 
prices. 

I  most  cordially  commend  these  products  of  your  chemical  researches  to 
the  members  of  the  Medical  Profession  and  to  the  community  in  general. 
Yours  respectfully, 

R.  Ogden  Doremus,  M.D.,  LL.D. 
Professor  of  Chemistry  and  Toxicology  to  the  Bellevtu 
Hospital  Medical  College,  and  Professor  of  Chem- 
istry and  Physics  in   the  College  of  the    City  of 
New  York. 


The  following  Certificate  from  Prof.  H.  E.  Roscoe,  M.P.,  LL.D.,  F.R.S.. 
&c.  {then  President  of  the  Chemical  Society  of  London),  was  obtained  and 
submitted  to  the  Boa7d  of  Trade  as  directed  by  that  body. 

The  Owens  College,  Manchester. 
I  have  pleasure  in  hereby  certifying  that  "Sanitas"  Oil  and  "Sanitas" 
Powder  are  in  every  respect  equal  to  one  or  other  of  the  disinfectants  now  on 
the  list  of  the  Marine  Department  of  the  Board  of  Trade.  Also,  that  these  two 
substances  act  partly  as  antiseptics,  like  Carbolic  Acid,  and  partly  as  oxidants, 
like  Condy's  Fluid.  Also,  that  the  "Sanitas"  preparations  contain  no  hurtful 
or  poisonous  ingredients. 


" The  various  preparations  of  'Sanitas'  possess  qualities  which  in  several 
respects — such  as  their  freedom  from  staining,  their  non-poisonous  charact€r, 
their  volatility,  and  the  concentrated  form  in  which  they  may  be  carried — render 
them  specially  useful  on  board  ships." 

T.  E.  Thorpe,   Ph.  D.,  F.R.S., 
Professor  of  Chemistry  in  the  Yorkshire  College,  Leeds, 


City  Surveyor's  Office,  Exeter,  England. 

I  have  pleasure  in  informing  you  that  your  "Sanitas"  Powder  seems  an 
excellent  disinfectant  and  deodorizer. 

I  have  had  it  constantly  used  in  the  public  urinals  throughout  the  city,  and 
also  to  spread  over  the  foul  and  offensive  matter  taken  from  old  sewers  during 


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their  reconstruction  and  repair  ;  in  both  cases  in  my  opinion,  all  nuisance  has 
been  avoided  in  a  far  better  and  more  efficient  manner  than  by  the  use  of  Car- 
bolic Acid  or  Chloride  of  Lime,  both  of  which  I  had  always  previously  used. 
H.   Percy  Boulnois,  M.  Inst.  C.  E.,   City  Surveyor. 


Public  Health  Department,  Walsall,  England. 
We  have  had  a  large  amount  of  scarlet  fever,  and  the  "  Sanitas"  liquids, 
powder,  soaps,  &c.,  have  been  used  in  over  one  hundred  infected  houses,  with 
marked  beneficial  effect.  Especially  deserving  of  note  is  the  fact  that  in  three 
cases  of  small-pox  kept  at  home,  we  had  no  case  arise  from  them,  although  one 
case  had  to  be  nursed  by  the  wife  of  the  patient,  the  family  consisting  of  patient, 
wife,  and  two  young  children  (oldest  about  four  years).  In  the  second  case  the 
patient  came  down  and  mixed  with  the  other  members  of  the  family  in  al)out 
sixteen  days  after  the  attack,  in  spite  of  instructions  to  the  contrary,  but 
fortunately  without  infecting  any  one.  The  third  case  occurred  in  a  house 
where  there  were  three  other  young  persons  (at  an  age  very  liable  to  take  the 
disease,  viz:  from  i8  to  22  years)  and  other  adults.  We  used  the  "Sanitas" 
preparations  in  accordance  with  your  ])rinted  instructions,  and  when  we  could 
not  obtain  the  "  Sanitas"  Jelly,  made  a  mixtureof  one  part  of  "Sanitas"  Oil  to 
five  parts  of  olive,  for  anointing  the  bodies  of  the  patients,  previous  to  allowing 
them  to  mix  with  others. 


Laboratory  Experiments. 

I  have  also  tested  the  oxidizing  andfphysiological  qualities  of  the  Oil 
and  "  Sanitas  "  No.  2,  &c.,  as  follows : — 

Conversion  of  Plumbic  Sulphide  (Pl>S.)  into  Plumbic  Sulphate  {PbSO^, 
by  H^  Og,  releasee/ from  "  Sanitas"  Oil  or  Fluid.  White  blotting  paper  was 
soaked  in  a  solution  of  sugar  of  lead  (acetate)  and  dried  (white)  ;  a  saturated 
solution  of  sulphuretted  hydrogen  was  made  and  a  drop  placed  on  the  lead 
paper,  forming  thereon  black  sulphide  of  lead,  a  measured  quantity  of  "  Sani- 
tas" Oil  or  fluid  was  now  run  into  the  sulphuretted  hydrogen  solution,  a  spot 
dropped  on  the  paper  again,  &c. ,  until  the  time  arrived  when  the  spot  on  paper 
is  first  black  and  gradually  changes  to  white  (/.  e.  PbS  to  PbSO*). 

This  re-action  led  me  to  make  further  trials,  and  I  prepared  a  solution  of 
sulphuretted  hydrogen  in  ammonia  and  methylated  alcohol  (which  corresponds 
roughly  with  sewage)  and  run  in  a  measured  quantity  of  "Sanitas"  Oil,  and 
stoppered  up  the  flask  air-tight,  kept  it  for  fourteen  days,  then  precipitated 
with  baric  chloride  for  liaric  sulphate,  using  precautions  well-known  to  chemists 
— obtained  the  baric  sulphate,  weighed  it,  and  on  comparison  with  Mr.  King- 
zett's  paper  (Sanitary  Record,  15-2-Si)  obtained  practically  the  same  result  as 
he  did  with  the  iodine  process,  proving  the  power  of  "  Sanitas"  to  oxidize  such 
gases  as  are  found  objectionable  in  sewage,  and  change  them  to  harmless 
compounds. 


PlIVSIOLOGICAL   Tisi. 

A  five  per  cent,  solution  of  gelatine*  was  jjrepaicd,  mixed  with  half  water 
and  introduced  into  two  open  tubes  (about  2  oz.)  ;  in  one  tube  two  spots  of 
"  Sanitas"  Oil  were  dropped,  none  being  placed  in  the  other  ;  in  about  six  d.iys 
the  tube  without  the  "  Sanit.is"  Oil  swarmed  with  living  organisms  (microbes) 
to  be  seen  under  the  microscope,  while  none  were  tf)  be  seen  in  the  mixture 
containing  the  "  Sanitas  "  Oil,  proving  "  .Sanitas"  prevents  the  development  of 
germs  or  destrnys  the  germs.  I  have  also  tried  it  with  marknl  success  in  ring- 
worm, inhalation,  i^-c. 

C.  W.  Stepiirns,  F'.C.S. ,  Sanitary  In-jpcctor.  Horo*  of  Walsall. 

(•  Kiicli's  K'c'-'l""'  i>iin  <-ss.  — V.iw/V.ir)'  RfcorJ,  Frtini.iry  15,  1883). 


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The  Master  of  the  Driffield  Union  Workhouse,  Yorkshire,  England, 
has  kindly  consented  to  the  publicatian  of  the  folio-Ming  Report  on  "  Sanitas." 

I  have  now  been  here  2g  years,  and  never  have  we  used  soap  of  such  power- 
ful cleansing  properties.  It  is  really  a  pleasure  and  comfort  to  look  upon  arti- 
cles of  both  furniture  and  clothing  on  whicli  the  "  Sanitas  "  Soaj)  has  l^een  used. 
I  cannot  speak  too  highly  of  its  merits  both  as  a  cleansing  and  disinfecting  agent, 
and  would  strongly  recommend  its  general  use  in  all  private  and  public  estab- 
lishments. 

For  sprinkling  about  the  floors  of  the  various  wards  and  for  spraying  into 
the  atmosphere,  as  also  for  use  in  disinfecting  utensils  and  articles  of  linen, 
"  Sanitas  "  Fluid  possesses  the  very  great  advantage  over  other  disinfectants  of 
being  non-poisonous  and  absolutely  without  stain,  while  it  imparts  to  the  atmos- 
phere the  oxygen  which  is  removed  from  it  by  respiration. 


VETERINARY. 


"  The  Doctor,"  New  York,  September  i6,  1887. 
Mr. -Snedecor,  of   Bay  Shore,  Long  Island,  said:    "I  am  delighted  and 
more  than  delighted  with  the  "  Sanitas  "  Soft  Soap  and  the  "  Sanitas  "  Veteri- 
nary Ointment.     Their  effect  has  been  marvelous,  and  in  making  that  statement 
I  do  not  exaggerate  at  all." 


County  Police  Office  Gosforth,  Newcastle-on-Tyne,  England. 

January  25th,  1884. 
During  the  recent  outbreak  of  foot  and  mouth  disease  in  this  division  of  the 
county,  I   have   caused   "  Sanitas  "  .to   be  used   as  a  disinfectant  with  the  most 
satisfactory  results,  the  disease  not  having  spread  in  a  single  instance  where 
"  Sanitas  "  has  been  used. 

Matthew  Taylor, 

Deputy  Chief  Constable  of  the  County  of  Northumberland. 

Twyford,  Berks,  December  3,  1884. 
The  fact  that  I  have  been  using  your  "  Sanitas"  in  every  shape  for  years 
is  in  itself  a  proof  I  consider  it  of  very  great  service.  It  is  the  best  and  most 
pleasant  disinfectant  I  know  of.  It  is  in  itself  a  perfume.  Cleanliness,  fresh 
air,  and  a  sprinkling  of  "Sanitas"  either  Fluid  or  in  Powder,  should  render 
any  stable  or  kennel  disease-proof. 

Gordon  Stables,  CM..  M.D.,  R.N.,  &c. 
Author  of  five  books  on  dogs  and  works  on  all  domestic  animals. 

Thornton  Heath, 
Having  tried  it,    "  Sanitas,"  I  can  say  it  is  well  suited  for  kennel  use  as  a 
disinfectant,  especially  as  it  appears  to  possess  the  additional  advantage  of 
keeping  away  fleas.     I  shall  therefore  recommend  it. 

Hugh  Dalziel. 

The  Grange,  Wallington,  Surrey,  England. 
I  have  tried  both  "Sanitas"  fluid  and  oil  on  a  dog  suffering  with  mange, 
which  was  completely  cured  after  three  or  four  applications.  It  also  effected 
a  cure  on  a  cat  which  was  alflicted  with  a  species  of  eczema,  I  have  found 
it  very  useful  to  wash  dogs,  &c.  with.  It  is  very  destructive  to  fleas  and 
ticks. 

A.   H.  Smee,  M.R.CS.,  F.C.S.,  &c. 


Writing  in   Poultry,  January  27,  1884,  respecting   Roup  with  which  some 
black  Hamburgh  pullets  were  attacked,  a  correspondent  says  : — 

"  I  think  it  is  well  to  add  that  none  of  the  other  birds  in  the  same  yard,  in 


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other  pens,  cauglit  the  complaint,  although  only  a   few  feet   apart.       That  was 
no  doubt,  owing  to  the  '  Sanitas.'  "* 

*  To  cure  this  infection,  the  birds  should  be  isolated,  and  the  mouths  and  nostrils 
syringed  with  "  Sanitas"  fluid  (i  to  5  of  waterl.  A  small  dose  of  castor  oil  should  be  given 
every  third  day.  A  little  "'Sanitas"  fluid  should  be  added  to  the  drinking  water,  and  the 
runs  should  be  disinfected  with  "Sanitas"  powder. 

Zoological  Society,  Fairmount  Park, 

Philadelphia,  Pa.,   14th  January,  1888. 
I  l>eg  to  say  without  reservation,  that  "  Sanitas"  is  the  most  satisfactory 
deodorizer  which  I  have  ever  used. 

Arthur  E.  Brown. 


SHOWS,  &c. 

National  Horse  Show  Association  of  America,  limited, 

Maoison  Square  Garden,  New  York,  Nov.,  1886. 
I  have  much  pleasure  in  stating  that  your  disinfectant  as  used  at  our  late 
Horse  Show  proved  in  every  way  most  efficacious,  giving  the  Association  and 
Exhibitors  every  satisfaction. 

James  T.    Hyde.  Assistant  Secretary. 


National  Horse  Show  Association  of  America,  Limited, 

Madison  Square  Garden,  N.  Y.,  Nov.  1888. 
It  is  witli  much  pleasure,  on  behalf  of  the  Association,  that  I  testify  to  the 
efficacy  of  your  Disinfectants,  during  the  week  of  our  Horse  Show  just  passed. 
They  were  put  to  a  most  trying  test,  owing  to  the  humidity  of  the  air  and 
high  temperature,  for  the  greater  time  of  the  exhibition,  and  they  certainly  ful- 
filled all  you  claim  for  them  and  gave  general  satisfaction. 

James  T.  Hyde,  Ass't  Sec. 


New  York  Dairy  and  Cattle  Show. 

Madison  Square  Garden,  May.  1887. 
In  reply  to  your  favor  of  the  14th  inst.,  I  have  pleasure  in  stating  that  your 
"Sanitas"  disinfectants,  used  in  tlie  late  New  York  Dairy  and  Cattle  Show. 
gave  great  satisfaction  to  the  Executive  Committee  and  to  the  exhibitors. 

E.  Burnett,  President. 

"Ai'ietiean  Af^riiultuiisl,"  May,  1S87. 
The  "  Sanitas  "  disinfeclaiils  are  endorsed  by  high  medical  autiioritics,  and 
are  extensively  used  in  Madison  S(|uare  G.ircK-n.  The  purity  of  the  air  ai\d 
frec<lom  from  unpleasant  odors  in  the  Dairy  Show  {A/nJisott  Sijuare  Garden), 
have  been  remarked  by  llie  jiuljlic  and  the  press.  ♦  *  *  The  improved 
condition  of  the  air  is  due  maiidy  to  the  fact  that  all  parts  of  the  Garden  arc 
daily  sprinkled  with  the  "  Sanitas"  disinfectants  and  iltcxlorizers. 


New  York  Poultry  E,\chanor  ExiiiitrnoN, 

Madison  Square  Garden.  Nkw  York.  Dec,  1887. 
\Vc  arc  more  than  pleased  with  the  perfect  manner  in  which  the  Poultry 
Show,  held  under  our  management   in   Madison  Square  Garden,  Dec.  14th  to 
aist,  1887,  was  disinfectefl  with  "Sanitas." 

Although  there  were  over  two  thousand  fowls,  ducks  and  pigeons  in  small 
cages  for  one  week,  there  was  no  perceptible  cxlor  from  ilu-m. 

J.  Frank  Ci.ark,  Cor.  Sec. 


"  Th(-  luternatiouiil  Fnneier,"  N.  Y.,  December  16,  1 887. 
Speaking   of    ihe  N.  Y.    Poultry  P2xIiibitioii  at    M.idison    Square    Garden 
•     *     disinfecting  the  Show  with  "  Sanitas"  sawdust,  a  new  preparation 


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that  has  been  giving  so  much  satisfaction.  *  *  *  Besides  being  a  powerful 
disinfectant  it  deodorizes  and  oxygenates  the  atmosphere,  unlike  the  evil  smell- 
ing preparations  so  often  advocated  for  use,  and  which  injure  the  animals  by 
actually  robbing  the  air  of  vital  oxygen. 


Southern  Massachusetts  Poultry  Association  Exhibition 
AT  Adelphi  Rink, 

New  Bedford,  Mass.,  February,  i88S. 
We  wish  to  add  our.  testimonial  to  the  merits  of  your  popular  "  Sanitas  " 
which  was  used  at  our  recent  exhibition  of  Poultry,  Dogs  and  Pet  Stock,  held 
in  this  city  Feb.  I,  2,  3,  4,  1888.  At  no  time  during  the  exhibition  could  there 
be  detected  any  unpleasant  odor,  a  fact  due  entirely  io  the  efficaciousness  of  your 
"  Sanitas."  We  most  heartily  endorse  the  same  to  any  and  all  parties  in  need 
of  a.  Jirsi-class  disinfectant. 

F.  G.  Tripp,  Pres.,  Geo.  L.  Fish,  Sec. 

F.  W.  Dean,  Treas..  A.  F.  Fish,  Supt.  of  Poultry, 

Chas.  T.  Bronnell,  Supt.  of  Dogs. 


Rensselaer  Kennel  Club  Show. 
Troy  Bicycle  Club's  Rink, 

Troy,  N.  Y.,  March,  18S8. 
At  the  late  Bench  Show  held  in  our  city  the  disinfecting  by  your  Company 
was  perfection.     Not  the  least  objectionable  odor  could  be  detected  and  not  a 
dog  sick  during  the  Show.     Too  much  cannot  be  said  in  its  praise. 

J.  R.  Draper,  Supt. 


The  Troy  Telegram,  March  23,  1888. 
Rensselaer  Kennel  Club  Show. 
*     *     *     The  free  use  of  "  Sanitas"  left  the  rooms  at  the  time  of  closing 
in  as  good  sanitary  condition  as  at  the  beginning. 


New  England  Kennel  Club  Bench  Show. 
Mechanic's  Hall. 

Boston,  Mass.,  April,  1888. 
The  "Sanitas"  disinfectant  used  at  our  Show  this   Spring  gave  perfect 
satisfaction  ;  no  objectionable  odors  could  be  perceived  at  any  time. 

Ben'ch  Show  Committee. 


Boston  Daily  Globe,  April  6th,  18S8. 
New  England  Kennel  Club  Show. 
The  entire   absence   of   unpleasant   odors  so    commonly   encountered   in 
Exhibitions  of  this  character  has  excited  favorable  comment,  and  the  writer 
learned  upon  inquiry  of  the  committee,  that  they  were  highly  pleased  with  the 
work  done  by  the  use  of  "  Sanitas." 

Albany  Kennel  Club,  Bench  Show, 
Academy  of  Music, 

Albany,  N.  Y.,  June,  1888. 
It    is  with   great  pleasure  that   I  am  able  to  speak  of  the  very  excellent 
manner  in  which  our  First  Annual  Bench  Show  was  disinfected  by  the  use  of 
"  Sanitas." 

n--.=,.  It  was  held  at  a  season  of  the  year  when  the  slightest  odor  from  the  benches 
would  have  been  perceptible  and  offensive.  Indeed,  had  it  not  been  for  the 
perfect  sanitation  and  complete  deodorizing  of  the  stalls  every  morning  by  the 
exclusive  use  of  the  disinfectants  of  The  American  and  Continental  "  Sanitas  " 
Co.,  L't'd,  I  fear  ^that  our  exhibit  would  have  been  a  failure.  As  it  was,  we 
were  enabled  to  announce  through  the  newspapers  that  the  .Show  was  disinfected 
by  your  Company,  and  the  most  fastidious  could  attend  without  being  offended 
by  the  slightest  evidence  of  a  disagreeable  smell.     The  attendants  furnished  us 


to 

were  courteous,  obliging  and  attentive,  and  believe  nie,  sir,  I  have  not  the 
slightest  hesitation,  and  indeed  I  take  great  pleasure  in  repeating  my  unquali- 
fied endorsement  of  "  Sanitas"  as  wc  found  it  in  our  Show. 

Geo.  B.  Gallup,  Sec'y  and  Treas. 

Pacific  Kennkl  Club,  Bench  Show, 

San  Francisco,  Cal.,  June  lo,  1888. 
I  beg  to  inform  you  that  at  a  meeting  of  the  Executive  Committee  of  our 
club  held  last  night,  it  was  moved,  seconded  and  carried  unanimously  that  the 
best  thanks  of  the  club  be  teu'lercd  to  you  for  the  use  of  your  "  Sanitas. " 

We  have  great  pleasure  in  testifying  to  its  usefulness  and  effectiveness,  as 
evidenced  by  the  purity  of  the  Bench  Show,  held  by  our  club  in  April  last. 
The  congratulations  we  received  on  account  of  the  sweetness  of  the  building 
were  very  pleasing  to  us,  and  a  good  recommendation  for  "  Sanitas." 

James  E.  Watson,  Secretary. 
Col.  Stuart  Taylor,  President. 

Exhibition  of  the  Bay-State  Agricultural  Society. 

Springfield,  Mass.,  October,  1S88. 
At  the  annual  exhibition  of  our  State  Agricultural  Society,  4th  to  nth  inclu- 
sive, I  found  your  "Sanitas"  a  most  valuable  disinfectant,  especially  in  the 
Exhibition  Buildings  and  Rink.  From  past  experience  I  now  consider  it  an 
absolute  necessity  in  all  such  exhibitions  where  a  great  many  people  are  gath- 
ered together. 

E.  Burnett,  President. 

Agricultural  Hall,  Islington,  London,  N. 
Your  disinfection  of  the  hall  during  the  Cattle  Shosv,   and  particularly  of 
the  piggery,  was  perfect,  and  in  the  latter  place  called  forth  expressions  of  sur- 
prise from  some  of  the  Royal  Visitors.  .S.  Sidney,  Secrftoiy 


GENERAL. 

EvEREi  r  House,  New  Vukk,  Aug.  iSth,  18S7. 
I  have  thoroughly  tested  your  "  Sanitas"   Disinfectant   and  am   pleased   to 
certify  that  tested  by  the  side  of  four  other   competitors  yours  docs  the  work 
most  satisfactorily.      I  would  recommend  it  in  even-  housd. 

Send  us  one-half  dozen  Powder,  one-half  dozen  bottles  each  of  the  Crude 
and  Fluid. 

Dr.  A.  G.   Underiiill,  Steward. 

New  York  Obsover,  November  i8lh,  1886. 
We  have  used  a  nunilicr  of  the  "Sanitas"  preparations,  and  find  ihein  ex- 
cellent for  their  purpose  as  disinfectants   and    cleansers.     The  odor  is  pleasant 
and  healthful,  and  the  various  articles  are  readily  used,  and  now  made  at  a  jirice 
which  brings  them  within  the  reach  of  all. 

Ainetiian  Druggist,  November,  1S86. 
A  cheiuiial  reagent  of  remarkable  antiseptic  and  detergent  ijuality. 

Oil,  Paint  and  Drug  Rtporter,  May  18,  1887. 
"Saniias. "     *     *     Many  flattering  testimonials  have  been  received,  and 
the  Reporter  can   commend  these    products  for  general  use  frou>  practical  ex- 
perience. 

Frank  Ltslie's  IllujtratfU,  October  1st.  1887. 
During  ihc  recent  extraordinary  severe  Summer,   "  Sanitas"  in  its  various 
forms,  was  most  thuioughly  tested  .\\\<1  found  to  possess  all  the  piopertics  and 
perform  all  the  service  claimed  for  it. 


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Boston  Evening  Transcript,  June  i8,  1887. 
The  use  of  disinfectants  to  prevent  the  spreading  of  infectious  or  contagious 
diseases,  is  now  practically  universal.  *  *  *  Otherwise  excellent  substances 
were  inadmissable  because  of  their  poisonous  natures,  or  because  of  the  ruinous 
stain  imparted  to  whatever  article  they  came  in  contact  with,  or  again 
because  of  their  unpleasant  and  corrosive  properties.  This  difficulty  has  been 
fully  removed  by  the  "  Sanitas  "  products,  one  of  the  greatest  inventions  of 
modern  scientific  research.  They  act  both  as  oxidants  and  antiseptics  ;  are 
fatal  to  every  organism  ;  are  non-poisonous,  colorless  and  give  no  stain,  and  are 
of  an  agreeable,  fragrant  odor. 

Pharmaceutical  Record,  May  ist,  1887. 
Foul  odors  and  dangerous  gases  may  readily  l)e  rendered  innoxious  by  use- 
ing  "Sanitas."     Of  itself  a  fragrant  and  powerful  deodorizer,  it  also  disinfects 
and  destroys  the  otherwise  dangerous  germs,  while  it  is  harmless  in  its  com- 
position. 


The  Stable,  May,  1887. 
"  Sanitas."     This  really  extraordinary  disinfectant  is  invaluable  in  stables, 
not  only  about  the  stalls,  but  in  and  around  the  vehicles. 

July,  1887. 
This  almost  magical  disinfectant  is  non-poisonous  and  absolutely  perfect  in 
its  results  as  a  cleansing  and  purifying  agent.     Sprinkled  about  the  stalls  and 
drains,  either  in  powdered  or  liquid   form,  it  kills  malodorous  emanations,  and 
sweetens  the  premises  almost  instantly. 


The  Press,  Philadelphia,  April  15,  1887. 
The   Disinfectant   which   seems   to   be   meeting   with   the   most    general 
approval  at  present  is  the  preparation  known  as  "  Sanitas." 

The  Eastern  Telegraph  Company,  Limited, 

66  Old  Broad  Street,  London,  E.  C. 
We  have  now  for  more  than  a  year  been  using  your  "  Sanitas  "  Soap  and 
disinfectants  in  our  ships,  as  well  as  at  our  stations,  and  find  them  greatly 
appreciated,  more  especially  at  tropical  places. 

I  think  it  right  to  inform  you  that  our  Superintendent  at  Mozambique  says  : 
"I  use  the  much  prized  "Sanitas"  freely  and  feel  perfectly  safe  wherever  I 
sprinkle  it." 

James  Ander.son,  Managing  Director. 

Anderson,  Anderson  &  Co., 

Fenchurch  Avenue,  London,  E.  C. 
The  S.  S.  "Aconcagua"  had  a  consignment  of  rabbits  from  South  Aus- 
tralia, which  all  went  bad  on  the  passage.  The  stench  on  board  on  the  arrival 
of  the  steamer  here  was  something  abominable.  The  tins  had  burst,  and  the 
putrid  matter  had  run  into  the  ship's  timbers.  All  kinds  of  disinfectants  were 
used  without  effect  until  the  "  Sanitas  "  was  applied,  which  immediately  re- 
moved all  bad  smell. 

Wm.  Andrews,  Supt.  Orient  Steam  Navigation  Co. 

32  Belgrave  Road,  S.  W.,  May  3,  1886. 
I  have  a  large  black  currant  bush  which  for  several  summers  past  has  had 
its  leaves  completely  eaten  off  by  caterpillars.  This  year  they  were  commenc- 
ing their  ravages  when  I  bethought  me  of  the  bottle  of  "Sanitas"  Fluid,  and, 
putting  about  half  a  tumblerful  into  a  pail  of  water,  the  tree  was  well  syringed  ; 
especially  was  the  wall  behind  it  well  wetted.  The  caterpillars  dropped  off 
killed,  and  the  tree  itself  seems  a  brighter  green  for  the  application.  I  believe 
from  this  isolated  observation  that  gardeners  will  derive  much  benefit  from  the 
use  of  "Sanitas"  Fluid  for  the  destruction  of  aphides  and  at  this  early  stage 
in  the  existence  of  spring  life  especially. 

T.  Charters  White,  M.R.C.S,,  L.D.S.,  &c. 


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For  Preventing  thf.  Si'Read  of 

INFECTIOUS  OR  CONTAGIOUS  DISEASES. 


SMALL  POX,  SCARLET  FEVER/ MEASLES.  TYPHOID  FEVER.  DIPHTHERIA,  &C.. 

By  C.  T.   KINGZETT,  F.I.C,  F.C.S., 

Past  Vict-Presideul  Society  of  Public  Analysis ;    Past  Member  of  Couucil, 
Institute  of  Chemistry  ;    Hon.  Member  Socicte  Francaise  J'  Hvgicne  ; 
Hon.    Member  Association  of  Public    Sanitary   Inspectors ; 
Author  of  ''Animal  Chemistry,  or  the  relations  of 
Chemistry  to    Physiology   and  Pathology;" 
and  "  Nature's  Hygiene,  a  Syste- 
matic   Manual  of  A\it 
ural  Hygiene." 

A. — The  Sick  Room  During  the  Jlltiess. 

1.  The  Isolation  of  the  Sick. — Place  the  sick  person  alone  in  a  room  as 
near  the  top  of  ilic  house  as  possible,  and  from  wliich  carpets,  curtains,  hang- 
ings  and  all  unnecessary  furniture  ami  clothing  have  been  removed.  Uniier  no 
pretence  should  visitors  other  than  the  Medical  Attendant  be  allowed,  except 
when  absolutely  essential. 

2.  To  Purify  the  Air  of  the  Sick  Room. — Ilang  over  the  door  a  large  sheet 
which  has  been  steeped  in  and  wrung  out  of  "  Sanitas"  Fluid.  This  sheet 
should  be  kept  moistened  with  the  same  fluid  by  spraying  or  sprinkling  once  or 
twice  daily,  by  which  means  the  air  of  the  sick  room  is  purihed  on  the  one 
hand,  and  on  the  other  hand  the  isolation  of  the  patient  is  made  more  effective. 

Free  ventilation  shouhl  be  provided  by  opening  the  upper  windows  to  some 
extent,  and  a  tire  should  be  kept  burning,  not  only  to  improve  the  ventilation, 
but  to  afford  the  means  of  destroying  by  combustion  all  infectious  rags, 
paper,  ac. 

The  air  in  the  sick  room  mey  be  further  purified  by  spraying  "  Sanitas  " 
Fluid  into  the  atmosphere,  and  by  sprinkling  the  same  solution  about  the  floors. 
In  certain  cases  also — notably  in  cases  of  Diphtheria,  Whooping  Cough,  Proti- 
chial  Affections  and  Pneumonia — the  room  should  be  fumigated  morning  and 
evening  by  means  of  "Sanitas"  Oil  placed  upon  boiling  water  in  an  urdinaiy 
Fumigator,  and  in  severe  cases  it  may  be  kept  going  all  night  by  using  a  night 
light,  instead  of  the  spirit  lamp  ordinarily  provided. 

3.  Treatment  of  Evacuations.  —  All  saliva  and  the  evacuations  from  the  sick 
person,  particularly  in  cases  of  Typhoid  Fccr  and  Cholera.  shuuKI  lie  received 
111  a  chamber  utensil  or  |)an,  and  immediately  disinfected  by  the  ndditiun  u(  an 
c<|ual  bulk  of  Crude  "Sanitas"  Fluitl,  or  about  a  (|uarter  of  a  pound  of  the 
'•Sanitas"  I'owder.  ".Sanitas"  Fluid  may  be  administered  internally  under 
medical  advice  and  sii|)ei  intendence. 

4.  Destruction  of  Infected  Articles  — All  food  tasted  or  touched  by  the 
sick  person,  rags,  pa|ur,  scr.ips,  and  refuse  generally  from  the  si(k  room,  should 
as  far  as  possible,  be  burnt  wilhiii  the  room.  Instead  of  ordinary  poiket  hand- 
kerchiefs, pieces  of  r.igs  should  be  uscil,  which  may  aftrtwauU  be  destroyed. 


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5.  Disinfection  of  Utensils,  C/othing,  &c. — All  utensils,  such  as  cups, 
glasses,  spoons,  &c. ,  used  by  Uie  sick  person,  should  be  rinsed  in  undiluted 
"  Sanitas"  Fluid  before  washing,  and  _all  bed  and  body  linen  should  be  first 
steeped  for  one  hour  in  the  sick  room  in  a  mixture  of  one  part  of  "  Sanitas" 
Crude  Disinfecting  Fluid  with  29  parts  of  water,  and  after  removal  from  the  sick 
room  they  should  be  boiled  in  water  and  washed  with  "  Sanitas"  Disinfecting 
Laundry  Soap. 

6.  In  cases  of  desquamation  or  scabbing,  the  surface  of  the  patient's  body 
should  be  repeatedly  anointed  \\'ith  "Sanitas"  Disinfecting  Jelly  or  with 
"  Sanitas"  Oil  mixed  with  nine  times  its  own  volume  of  Olive  Oil ;  this  pre- 
vents the  escape  of  the  infectious  scales,  &c.,  which  peel  off  the  skin  in  such 
diseases  as  small-pox  and  scarlet-fever. 

7.  Washing  the  Patient.  Where  water  is  allowed  to  be  used  by  the  Medi- 
cal Attendant,  it  should  be  first  of  all  rendered  antiseptic  by  the  addition  of 
some  "  Sanitas  "  Fluid. 

B.— After  Recovery. 

1.  The  patient  should  have  a  bath  containing  a  large  proportion  of  "  San- 
itas" Fluid,  and  use  "  Sanitas  "  Disinfecting  Toilet  Soap  ;  then  put  on  cloth, 
ing  which  has  been  disinfected  by  heat,  or  which  has  not  been  expsed  to  infection 

2.  All  linen  and  cotton  articles  in  the  sick  room  should  be  steeped  in  a 
mixture  of  one  part  of  "  Sanitas  "  Crude  Disinfecting  fluid  with  twenty  parts 
of  water  and  then  be  boiled  for  at  least  ten  minutes,  in  order  to  make  sure  of 
effectual  disinfection. 

3.  All  fabrics,  such  as  beds,  mattresses  and  clothing,  which  cannot  be 
boiled,  should  be  disinfected  by  the  Health  Authorities. 

4.  The  windows  of  the  sick  room  should  be  closed,  fireplaces  shut,  and 
the  room  rendered  air-tight  by  papering  over  all  openings,  such  as  key  holes  and 
sides  of  the  doors,  after  which  it  should  be  well  fumigated  by  means  of  "  Sani- 
tas" Oil.  Place  a  quart  of  water  in  a  kettle,  add  a  small  wine-glassful  of 
"  Sanitas"  Oil,  and  boil  the  mixture  nearly  to  dryness  over  a  gas-flame,  so  as 
to  allow  the  vapor  to  escape  freely  and  entirely  into  the  atmosphere  of  the 
closed  room.  After  fumigation  of  the  room,  the  windows  and  the  fireplace 
should  be  opened  wide  during  at  least  a  week,  to  complete  the  purification. 
The  walls  and  ceiling  may  be  stripped  of  paper  and  white-washed,  and  the 
floor  and  wainscotting  should  be  washed  with  "  Sanitas"  Disinfecting  Laundry 
Soap  and  water.  Any  furniture  in  the  room  should  be  rubbed  over  with  "  Sani- 
tas "  Disinfecting  Furniture  Cream. 

C. — General  Directions, 

1.  While  infectious  or  contagious  disease  exists  in  any  part  of  the  house, 
all  other  parts,  as  well  as  all  sinks,  closets  and  privies,  should  be  carefully  and 
regularly  disinfected. 

2.  The  children  (if  any)  should  be  kept  from  school  and  not  allowed  to  go 
again  until  the  Medical  Attendant  gives  the  necessary  certificate. 

3.  Nurses  should  remember  that  woolen  garments  are  likely  to  retain  in- 
fectious particles,  and  should  therefore  wear  cotton  and  other  washable  mater- 
ials. After  attending  to  patients,  they  should  immediately  wash  their  hands 
with  water  containing  "  Sanitas"  Fluid,  and  use  "  Sanitas"  Disinfecting  Toilet 
Soap' 

4.  In  all  cases  of  death  from  any  infectious  disease,  some  "  Sanitas  "  Saw 
Dust  should  be  placed  in  the  coffin,  and  the  corpse  should  be  sprayed  with  un- 
dtluted  "Sanitas"  Fluid. 


From  the  foregoing  page-s,  which 
give  a  description  of  the  manufacture 
of ''Sanitas/' together  with  testimon- 
ials and  reports  (selected  out  of  many 
hundreds  in  the  possession  of  the 
Company)  from  Physicians,  Scientific 
experts  and  others  in  the  U.  S.  and 
Europe,  we  feel  confident  there  is 
no  Antiseptic,  Disinfectant  and  De- 
odorant known  to  Science  that  can 
approach  in  efficacy  to  our  ^^Sanitas" 
preparations:  they  are  fragrant,  non- 
poisonous  and  do  not  stain  or  cor- 
rode. 


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636,  638, 640  and  642  West  55th  St.,  New  York. 


— ALSO    Ar — 


Bethnal  Green.   London,  Entfland. 


REGISTEKED  ^N    LX     I  \J     I        I        L\   7^  TRADE  MARK. 

THE  BEST   DISINFECTANT 

KNOWN    TO    SCIElSrCE. 

FRAGRANT,  NON  POISONOUS;  DOES  NOT  STAIN  OR  CORRODE. 


"SAlSriTAS"  Disinfecting    Fluid. 

"S ANITAS"  Crude    Disinfecting    Fluid. 

"SANITAS"  Disinfecting    Oil. 

"SANITAS"  Disinfecting    Powder. 

"SANITAS"  Disinfecting    Saw   Dust. 

"SANITAS"  Disinfecting    Toilet    Soap. 

"SANITAS"  Disinfecting   Laundry   Soap. 

"  SANITAS  "  Disinfecting  Animal  (Soft)  Soap. 

"SANITAS"  Disinfecting    Jelly. 

"SANITAS"  Disinfecting   Tooth   Powder. 

"SANITAS"  Disinfecting   Toilet    Fluid. 

"SANITAS"  Disinfecting  Furniture  Cream. 

"SANITAS"  Disinfecting  Veterinary  Ointment. 

"SANITAS"  Disinfecting  Insect  Destroyer. 

"SANITAS"  Disinfecting   Sheep   Dip. 

Gold  Medal,  Ostend,  1888. 

Gold  Medal,  Antwerp,  1886. 

Gold  Medal,  International  Exhibition  at  Paris,  1885. 

First-Class  Certificate  and  Gold  Medal  at  Calcntta  In- 
ternational Exhibition.  1883-84. 

Medical,  International  Health  Exhibition,  London,  1884. 

Silver  Medal  (Highest  Award),  National  Health  Society's 
Exhibition,  London,  1883. 

Medal,  Sanitary  Institute  of  Great  Britain,  1882. 

Award  of  Merit,  International  Sanitary  Exhibition, 
London,  1881, 

The  American  and  Conthstental  "  Sanitas"  Co.,  Limited, 
Supply  Boards  of  Health,  Hospitals,  Asylums,  Public  Institu- 
tions, Railway  and  Shipping  Companies,  &c.,  with 

"  S-anitas"  Disinfecting  Fluids,  Powder  and  Soaps, 

UPON   SPECIAL    TERMS   OR   UY    CONTRAeT. 


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